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Lyceum
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- school
- Named after
- Lyceus
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Athens Municipality
- Elevation
- 108
- Founded by
- Aristotle
- Location
- Athens
- Image
- Athens Lyceum Archaeological Site 2.jpg
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- Commons category
- Lykeion
- culture
- Ancient Greece
- native label
- Λύκειον
- inception
- 0335-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 0086-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Plato and Aristotle walking and disputing. Detail from Raphael's The School of Athens (1509–1511)
The Lyceum (/ˌlaɪˈsiːəm/, Ancient Greek: Λύκειον, romanized: Lykeion /lý.keː.on/) was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus ("Apollo the wolf-god").
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