Plato’s Academy. Mosaic floor from Pompeii, 1 st century CE.

The site of Plato's Academy was on the outskirts of ancient Athens in an area that had been cultivated for hundreds of years. Plato began meeting his students here from around 388 BC, a decade after the death of Socrates, and eventually founded his school of philosophy on the site.  His most famous student was Aristotle, who came to study with him at the age of 17 and stayed for 20 years.  According to tradition, Plato was buried on the grounds of the Academy after his death around 348. The Academy remains the famous school of philosphy in history.

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Bouras, Charalambos, Michael B. Sakellarion, Konstantinos S. Staikes, and Evi Touloups, eds.
Classical Period to Present day (5th Century BC - AD 2000).
Kotinos: Oak Knoll Press, 2003, pg 126
call number: NA 1100.A845

Cerritos College.
"Plato's Academy," available from
http://www.cerritos.edu/jmadden/intro/Plato's%20Academy.htm;
Internet; accessed 10 November 2004
Professor Madden has retired -- page no longer exists

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