Academus
Americannoun
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In honor of Academus the school was called "The Academy."
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Hubbard, Elbert
They were determined to turn me into the meadows, instead of allowing me to flourish in the groves of Academus.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
Good Athens give me some additional learning: that is to say, to be able to distinguish a right line from a curve, and seek after truth in the groves of Academus.
From The Works of Horace by Horace
True he sat at the feet of the wise men of Greece in the Gardens of Academus, but the eurythmy of their gests fascinated him more than the soberness of their doctrines.
From The Trial of Oscar Wilde From the Shorthand Reports by Anonymous
The Peripatetics, as their name imports, hunted knowledge afoot; those who sought truth in the groves of Academus were not seated at that work.
From A Terrible Temptation A Story of To-Day by Reade, Charles
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