Plato's Academy

Paul Kalligas is Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi in Greece, and was Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens until 2015. His research interests are mainly focused on the history of Platonism. Chloe Balla is Associate Professor of Ancient Philosophy at the University of Crete. Her research focuses on the texts of the Sophists, Plato and Aristotle, as well as on the Greek medical writers. She is currently writing a monograph on Plato's Phaedo. Effie Baziotopoulou-Valavani is an archaeologist and was Director of the Ephorate of Athens from 2009 to 2012, during which time she was responsible for renovation works in the archaeological site of the Academy of Plato, as well as for the exhibition at the Digital Museum of the site. Vassilis Karasmanis is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the National Technical University of Athens, where he specialized in ancient philosophy and science. He was Director of the European Cultural Centre of Delphi from 1994 to 2004.

'This extraordinary book … provides a treasure trove of fascinating information about, arguably, the most influential school of higher learning in Western history. The bibliography is excellent … Highly recommended.' P. A. Streveler, Choice

• 1. Introduction Paul Kalligas; 2. In the shadow of Athena Polias: the divinities of the Academy, polites' training and death in service to Athens Daniela Marchiandi; 3. Observations on the topography of ancient Academia Manolis Panayiotopoulos and Tania Chatziefthimiou; 4. The gymnasium of the Academy and the School of Plato Eutychia Lygouri-Tolia; 5. The Academy in Athenian politics and society – between disintegration and integration: the first eighty years (387/6–306/5) Matthias Haake; 6. Plato in the Academy: some cautious reflections John Glucker; 7. Plato and the mathematics of the Academy Vassilis Karasmanis; 8. Euclid of Alexandria: a child of the Academy? Michalis Sialaros; 9. The study of natural kinds in the Academy István Bodnár; 10. 'Appropriation' of Pythagoreanism in the early Academy: the case of Xenocrates of Chalcedon Phillip Sidney Horky; 11. Polemon, grosser Schatten of the Old Academy John Dillon; 12. One Academy? The transition from Polemo and Crates to Arcesilaus Harrold Tarrant; 13. Carneades' theological arguments David Sedley; 14. The end of the Academy Mauro Bonazzi; 15. The Academy through Epicurean eyes: some lives of Academic Myrto Hatzimichali; Appendix. Index.