lyceum

(noun)

A public hall designed for lectures or concerts.

Related Terms

Examples of lyceum in the following topics:

  • The Agrarian and Populist Movements

    • the establishment of traveling and local rural libraries, reading courses, and lyceums

  • Scientific Advancements in the Classical Period

    • Unlike Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, these institutions were officially supported by the Ptolemies, although the extent of patronage could be precarious, depending on the policies of the current ruler.

  • Classical Greek Philosophy

    • He left Athens approximately twenty years later to study botany and zoology, became a tutor of Alexander the Great, and ultimately returned to Athens a decade later to establish his own school: the Lyceum.

  • Federal Intervention

    • Marshals guarding Meredith at Lyceum Hall.

  • Educational Reforms

    • Kindergartens and the gymnasium were introduced by German immigrants, while Yankee orators sponsored the lyceum movement that provided, via lectures, popular education for hundreds of towns and small cities.