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A Temple in this quarter was named Cy- Temple of
/c ' t \ \ r Hercules
nosarges, (rrom kvuv ugyos) on account or a Cjnosarges.
singular incident which had occurred. While
Didymus, an Athenian, was offering a sacrifice
to Hercules, a white dog sprang upon the
victim, and carried it off. Didymus heard a
voice, which directed him to raise an altar to
Hercules wherever the dog should stop. This
injunction he accordingly obeyed.
The place which derived its name from this
circumstance was situated near the boundary
of the city, and contained, besides the splendid
Temple of Hercules and one or two others, a
famous gymnasium, which being used as the
school of the philosopher Antisthenes, gave
his followers the appellation of " Cynics."
The Lyceum, also one of the principal gym- Lyceum,
nasia of Athens, derived its name fromLycius,
the son of Pandion. It, being dedicated to
Apollo, bestowed its title on the divinity, who
is so frequently represented as the Lycian
god. It was here that Aristotle taught,
and that, by walking regularly in these cele-
brated groves while his disciples listened to
his philosophical discussions, he and his doc-
A Temple in this quarter was named Cy- Temple of
/c ' t \ \ r Hercules
nosarges, (rrom kvuv ugyos) on account or a Cjnosarges.
singular incident which had occurred. While
Didymus, an Athenian, was offering a sacrifice
to Hercules, a white dog sprang upon the
victim, and carried it off. Didymus heard a
voice, which directed him to raise an altar to
Hercules wherever the dog should stop. This
injunction he accordingly obeyed.
The place which derived its name from this
circumstance was situated near the boundary
of the city, and contained, besides the splendid
Temple of Hercules and one or two others, a
famous gymnasium, which being used as the
school of the philosopher Antisthenes, gave
his followers the appellation of " Cynics."
The Lyceum, also one of the principal gym- Lyceum,
nasia of Athens, derived its name fromLycius,
the son of Pandion. It, being dedicated to
Apollo, bestowed its title on the divinity, who
is so frequently represented as the Lycian
god. It was here that Aristotle taught,
and that, by walking regularly in these cele-
brated groves while his disciples listened to
his philosophical discussions, he and his doc-