Academus
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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So the orchard of Academus suggests the ripest wisdom and most elegant learning of accomplished Greece.
From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson
The classic shades of Bryn Mawr had been the "Groves of Academus where with old Plato she had walked."
From The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
He founded his college in the grove of his old friend Academus, a mile out of Athens on the road to Eleusis.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
In France, in Spain, and in England, the title of the ancient Academus was never profaned by an adjunct which systematically degraded and ridiculed its venerable character and its illustrious members.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
"It is fear, unmingled with reverence, in the minds of many," replied the philosopher of Academus.
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Child, Lydia Maria Francis
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