place
the Dipylon Gate
the Dipylon
also: Dipylo, Dipylum, the Dipylon
The principal double gate in the north-west wall of Athens, opening onto the road through the Kerameikos to the Academy. In De Finibus 5.1 the company covers the famous six stades from the Dipylon to the Academy.
Reading notes
- On the Ends of Good and Evil §5.1 those six stades from the Dipylon
The Dipylon was the great double gate in the north-west wall of Athens; a stade is about 185 metres, so the walk to the Academy is roughly a kilometre. Cicero gives the precise distance to anchor the scene topographically.