Lyceum (classical)

The Lyceum (Ancient Greek: Λύκειον, romanized: Lykeion) was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus ("Apollo the wolf-god").

"Lykeion" redirects here. For modern high schools, see Education in Greece § Lyceum.

It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC. Aristotle fled Athens in 323 BC, and the university continued to function after his lifetime under a series of leaders until the Roman general Sulla destroyed it during his assault on Athens in 86 BC.

The remains of the Lyceum were discovered in modern Athens in 1996 in a park behind the Hellenic Parliament.

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