Academus
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In time Plato bought a tract of land adjoining that of Academus, and this was set apart as the permanent school.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers by Elbert Hubbard
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 Elbert Hubbard
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 Isaac Disraeli
The garden of Academus is flowery without fragrance, and dazzling without warmth: I am ready to dream away an hour in it after dinner, but I think it insalutary for a night’s repose.
From Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection by Walter Savage Landor
Was it when the fierce champions for the trinity fled from Galilee to the groves of Academus, and invoked, but in vain, the assistance of Philosophy?
From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Thomas Taylor
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