AtlasGreeceAkademeiaOne word pinned hereAkademeia37.9924°N 23.7081°E · Q193093One English word in this atlas traces back to Akademeia. It sits in Greece.ShareAll of Greece Pinned hereacademynoun · 15th centuryWell attestedEvery academy is named for a grove outside Athens.Plato taught in the grove of Akademeia, a sanctuary northwest of Athens named for the hero Akademos. The place-name became the word for a school of philosophy, then for schools in general.Named from the placeRead →Nearest pinsbring owls to AthensAthens, Greece2.0 kmatticAttica, Greece8.1 kmAttic saltAttica, Greece8.1 kmEleusinian MysteriesEleusis, Greece16 km