Plato's Academy

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.