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Headword:
Akadêmia
Adler number: alpha,775
Translated headword: Academy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Three gymnasia existed [sc. in
Athens]:[the] Lykeion, [the] Kynosarges, [and the] Academy.[1] [sc. The last of these] was named from Akademos who had dedicated it.
And in the neuter [it is] Akademeon. The term Akademia means the school of friends.[2]
Akadêmia: tria hupêrchon gumnasia, Lukeion, Kunosarges, Akadêmia. eklêthê de apo tou kathierôsantos auto Akadêmou. kai oudeterôs Akadêmeon. legetai de Akadêmia hê tôn philôn diatribê.
Notes:
See already
alpha 774, inc. notes and bibliography. The present entry begins by reproducing Harpokration s.v.
[1] Again at
gamma 480.
[2] T. Dorandi [see bibliography to previous entry] confirms J. Glucker's rehabilitation of Aemilius Portus' correction of 'school of philoi' to 'school of philosophers' and cites by way of confirmation a scholion on
Aristophanes,
Clouds 1005 (p. 195 Holwerda). A simple misunderstanding of a scribal abbreviation appears to be the cause of the error.
Translated by: Jennifer Benedict on 13 January 2000@00:42:12.
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