Show Academy Traced to Greek 1 t The name academy as a place of learning goes back bacle to the Greek philosopher Plato lato whose habit it was to impart imp rt instruction to his disciples and friends while strolling through the shady walks of the t h e grove of Academe The grove it itself it- it itsell itself self sell says a writer in Literary Di Di- Digest Digest Digest gest is supposed to have been owned by a mythological Greek hero who befriended Castor and and whose land was thereafter held inviolate L e |