The Lyceum, in Ancient Greek Lykeion, was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus. It is best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy that Aristotle founded there in 334 BC. Aristotle fled Athens in 323 BC, and the school 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 now lie in a park in modern Athens and were discovered in 1996.
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The Lyceum (, Ancient Greek: Λύκειον, romanized: Lykeion /lý.keː.on/) was a temple in Athens dedicated to Apollo Lyceus ().
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It was best known for the Peripatetic school of philosophy founded there by Aristotle in 334 BC.
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A native of Eresos in Lesbos, he was Aristotle's close colleague and successor as head of the Lyceum, the Peripatetic school of philosophy in Athens.
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As the founder of the Peripatetic school of philosophy in the Lyceum in Athens, he began the wider Aristotelian tradition that followed, which set the groundwork for the development of modern science.
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