The
Lyceum (
Ancient Greek: Λύκειον,
Lykeion) was a
gymnasium and before that a public meeting place in a grove of trees in
Classical Athens. The grove was named in honor of its patron
Apollo Lyceus ("Apollo as a wolf" or "Apollo in the form of a wolf"). Though best known for its connection with
Aristotle, the Lyceum was in existence long before his founding the
Peripatetic school there in 334 and continued long after his flight from Athens in until the Roman general
Sulla sacked Athens in 86 BCE.