Ngo-336 BC isazi sefilosofi U-Aristotle ongumGreki eyasungulwa e-Athene, isikole sokuqala sefilosofi, lapho afundisa khona abafundi bakhe, yabe isibizwa kanjalo I-Lyceum ngokuba seduze kwethempeli okumiselwe u-Apollo Likeios, eduze kwe I-Lyceum Kwakukhona indawo yokuvivinya umzimba eyayisetshenziswa yintsha yendawo, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ezinye izazi zefilosofi zaleso sikhathi zanikeza amakilasi lapho, ngaleso sikhathi njengesikole sasePheripatetic, bafundisa noTheofaster, owalandela U-Aristotle eLyceum, no-Andronicus waseRhodas. U-Aristotle wafunda noPlato futhi wayengumfundisi ka-Alexander the Great. Lapho, izikhulu zomphakathi wamaGrikhi zazifundile, kwakungesinye sezikole ezintathu zefilosofi yangaleso sikhathi. Amanxiwa eLyceum eyasungulwa ngu-Aristotle atholakala enkabeni ye-Athene, ebangeni elingaphezu kwekhilomitha ukusuka e-Acropolis. Ngo-1996 ngenkathi besakha iMuseum of Modern Art, bavubukula ingxenye yenkundla lapho abafundi baqeqeshelwa khona ukulwa, ngemuva kokuthola amanxiwa, kwathiwa kuzoba yi-Open Air Museum. Lawo manxiwa aseshwa iminyaka eyi-150.
Ngokusho kwemithombo evela eMnyangweni Wezamasiko waseGrisi, le misebenzi izokhokhelwa yizimali ezizimele futhi izofaka ukubeka uphahla olweqile emanxiweni I-Lyceum ukwazi ukwazisa izinsalela zezinye zezikhungo ezifana negumbi lokulwa, namabhati kusukela esikhathini samaRoma. Amanxiwa alondolozwe kahle futhi izindawo zitholakale zokukhula kwengqondo nomzimba.
UMnyango waseGrisi ufuna ukuthola ifomula elihlanganisa ukwakhiwa kwakudala nokwanamuhla nokuthi bobabili bangahlangana.