Academus
Americannoun
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"It is fear, unmingled with reverence, in the minds of many," replied the philosopher of Academus.
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Lydia Maria Francis Child
But now I see the groves of Academus.
From Philothea A Grecian Romance by Lydia Maria Francis Child
This latter plain, with its fine olive-woods reaching down across Academus to the region of the old long walls, is fairly covered with corn and grazing cattle, with plane trees and poplars.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by J. P. Mahaffy
"This is my Academus, and you, Tadpole, are my Plato."
From Endymion by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield
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
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