Akademos

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figure in Greek mythology hero in Greek mythology

Akademos is a figure from Greek mythology, traditionally regarded as the hero after whom the sacred grove outside Athens—later home to Plato’s Academy—was named.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Akademos canonical	1
grove of Akademos	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	figure in Greek mythology ⓘ hero in Greek mythology ⓘ
associatedWithDeity	Athena ⓘ
associatedWithHero	Castor ⓘ Pollux ⓘ Theseus ⓘ
associatedWithMyth	abduction of Helen by Theseus ⓘ
associatedWithPlace	Athens ⓘ Attica ⓘ grove of Akademeia ⓘ
connectedToInstitution	Academy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Plato’s Academy
consequenceOfAction	Athens spared from destruction by the Dioscuri ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culture	Greek mythology ⓘ
eponymOf	Academy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Academy (Plato’s Academy site) Academy of Athens ⓘ surface form: Akademeia
gender	male ⓘ
hasNameVariant	Academos ⓘ Hecademus ⓘ
honoredAt	sacred grove outside Athens ⓘ
honoredBy	Athenians ⓘ
knownForAction	revealing to the Dioscuri where Helen was hidden ⓘ
languageOfName	Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy	name became root of the word “academy” in many languages ⓘ
mentionedBy	Pausanias ⓘ Plutarch ⓘ
mythologicalStatus	semi-legendary ⓘ
notableFor	being eponym of the grove of Akademeia near Athens ⓘ
roleInMythology	protector of Athens through revealing information to the Dioscuri ⓘ
timePeriod	mythic age of Greece ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Academy of Athens → namedAfter → Akademos ⓘ

subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)

Academy of Athens → hasPart → Akademos ⓘ

subject surface form: Academy of Athens (ancient)

this entity surface form: grove of Akademos