Platonic Academy
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Summary
Platonic Academy is a school[1]. It ranks in the top 0.11% of school entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,549 views/month, #4 of 3,777).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Colonus[3], Athens Municipality[4]
- Country: Greece[5]
- Instance of: architectural structure[6], archaeological site[7], academy[8]
- Founder: Plato[9]
- Named after: Akademos[10]
- Followed by: academic skepticism[11]
- Location: Athens[12]
- Commons category: Platonic Academy[13]
- Inception: 387 BC[14]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 529[15]
- Topic's main category: Category:Platonic Academy[16]
- Described at URL: http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/gh251.jsp?obj_id=2407[17]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[18], Pauly–Wissowa[19], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[20], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[21], Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[22], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[23], Meyer’s Universum, Dreizehnter Band[24]
- Heritage designation: archaeological site in Greece[25]
- Different from: academy[26]
- Position held by head of the organization: scholarch of the Platonic Academy[27]
- Culture: Ancient Greece[28]
- Date of official closure: 529[29]
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Brands and Namesakes
Things named for Platonic Academy include academy[30], a type of organization[31]; it[32], in Republic of Florence[33]; academy of sciences[34]; Akadimia Platonos[35], a neighborhood[36], in Greece[37]; and Akadimias Street[38], a street[39], in Greece[40].
Why It Matters
Platonic Academy has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] It is known by 72 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]
Entities named for it include academy[30], a type of organization[31]; it[32], in Republic of Florence[33]; academy of sciences[34]; Akadimia Platonos[35], a neighborhood[36], in Greece[37]; and Akadimias Street[38], a street[39], in Greece[40].