New Investigation of Aristotle's Ancient School

Archaeology Magazine ^ | September 4, 2025 | editors / unattributed

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Greek City Times reports that archaeologists renewed excavations at Mieza in northern Greece, a site connected with the famous Greek philosopher Aristotle. According to Greek historians, it was in the ancient Macedonian city that Aristotle tutored the young Alexander the Great between 343 and 340 b.c. Recent work there centered on investigation and conservation of the monumental gymnasium, a space dedicated to both physical and intellectual training. New dating confirmed that it was built around the middle of the fourth century b.c., strengthening the site's ties to Aristotle, Alexander, and his father Phillip II. The enormous complex was planned and built across 14 acres and three rock-cut terraces, which included a two-story, 650-foot-long xystos, a Doric portico used for exercises. Broken jars that once held prized Athenian olive oils were found in rooms surrounding the palaestra. Greek athletes customarily covered themselves in the liquid, and the presence of Panathenaic amphoras attests to the luxurious tastes of Macedonian youths. Perhaps the most remarkable discovery was a set of four styluses, Greek utensils used for writing, that may have once been used by Aristotle's students themselves. For more on sites connected to Alexander's youth, go to "Alexander the Great's Untold Story."

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: alexanderthegreat; aristotle; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; greece; macedonia; mieza; schoolofathens

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Styluses

Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports

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[Carry_Okie]

Broken jars that once held prized Athenian olive oils were found in rooms surrounding the palaestra. Greek athletes customarily covered themselves in the liquid, and the presence of Panathenaic amphoras attests to the luxurious tastes of Macedonian youths.

Yeah, all lubed up. Sounds like these "youths" were there to serve a "poor puss."

'You're plooking too hard on me...'

[pepsi_junkie]

The one great debt we owe to the muslims was back when they were into learning (before they decided that the only thing true was the Quran and therefore everything else is false) they preserved a good portion of the writings of Aristotle and also muslim scholars like Averroes wrote many treatises on them, and these became a huge part of the western scholarship and philosophy of the middle ages and down to today. You cannot mention the contributions of men like Thomas Aquinas or Albertus Magnus without also invoking Aristotle.

[PIF]

the muslims was back when they were into learning (before they decided that the only thing true was the Quran and therefore everything else is false)

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That idea was present from the beginning. They only preserved that which furthered some individual’s or some Caliph’s aims - all the rest they destroyed. When you read that so and so’s work has been lost - read destroyed by muslims in their “religious” fever.

[PIF]

We owe muslims nothing - they invented chattel slavery, destroyed everything not in the koran and murdered everyone that would not submit [several hundred millions to date].

[ComputerGuy]

Interesting stuff, Civ. You’re one of the main reasons I keep getting behinder on my reading.

[Ciexyz]

Splendid discovery!

[SunkenCiv]

I’ll never catch up.

I wish all titles were audio format.

[SunkenCiv]

Plato’s real name was Aristocles; Socrates gave him the nickname Plato, which means something like ‘broad shouldered’. Wonder why that happened...

[ComputerGuy]

I don’t hear well. With me it has to be visual.

[SunkenCiv]

Oh, I’d have the volume up enough to make the windows shake. 😊

[ComputerGuy]

Rock on wid yo bad self.

[Carry_Okie]

Socrates was accused of ‘corrupting the youth.’

[Sirius Lee]

Socrates was accused of ‘corrupting the youth.’

Guy's a fag.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

He because he was a wrestler?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Probably switch hitter. That was common back then. You could have sex with everything but you were also expected to marry and have kids.

[Carry_Okie]

Guy's a fag.

And he stood behind it with his life, so to speak.

[Carry_Okie]

You could have sex with everything but you were also expected to marry and have kids.

With all the social complications of children with distracted fathers.