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Aristotle opens his school at the Lyceum

335/334 BCE, Athens. An event.

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335/334 BCEAthens

about 2,360 years ago

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Aristotle returns to Athens and teaches in the Lyceum for thirteen years, walking as he talks with his students.

His arrival at Athens was in the second year of the 111th Olympiad, and he lectured in the Lyceum for thirteen years

Diogenes Laertius 5.10Translated by R. D. Hicks (1925)Read the full passage (Diogenes Laertius 5.10, opens scaife.perseus.org)

Background: Lyceum (classical), Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)

Why it matters

The Lyceum is best known for the Peripatetic school Aristotle founded there. It carried on under a series of leaders after his lifetime until Sulla destroyed it in 86 BC.

Based on Wikipedia: Lyceum (classical)

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.

Wikipedia, Lyceum (classical) (opens en.wikipedia.org), as of 2026-08-04. Text CC BY-SA 4.0. Our line is checked against these sentences only.

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