Ateneo
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The word Ateneo is the Spanish form of the word Athenaeum. Ateneo, like Athenaeum, is used in the names of institutions or periodicals for literary, scientific, or artistic study. It may also be used in the names of educational institutions. The name Athenaeum is formed from the name of the classical Greek goddess Athena (the goddess of wisdom) in the same way that museum is formed from muse (the goddesses of culture). Ateneo, meanwhile, is translated into Spanish the same way Museo (Museum) and Liceo (Lyceum) are.
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[edit] Use in the Philippines
The name Ateneo is best known as the official title for Jesuit institutions of learning in the Philippines.
The word "Ateneo" is the Spanish form of "Athenaeum". The Dictionary of Classical Antiquities thus explains "Atheneaum":
- The name of the first educational institution at Rome, built by Hadrian about 135 A.D.... There rhetoricians and poets held their recitations, and salaried professors gave their lectures in the various branches of general liberal education, philosophy and rhetoric, as well as grammar and jurisprudence.
The name is used the same way name "Lyceum" is used in the names of educational institutions.
The following is a list of Ateneo schools, with their year of establishment. (Note that these schools are not officially affiliated in any way other than being administered by the Jesuits.)
| Seal | School | Established |
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Ateneo de Manila University | 1859 |
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Ateneo de Zamboanga University | 1912 |
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Xavier University - Ateneo de Cagayan | 1933 |
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Ateneo de Naga University | 1940 |
| Ateneo de Tuguegarao | 1945 (closed in the late 1950s) | |
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Ateneo de San Pablo | 1947 (closed in 1978) |
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Ateneo de Davao University | 1948 |
[edit] Use in Spain
In Spain, Ateneo is used in the names of various intstitutions, groups or hotels such as
- Ateneo de Madrid
[edit] Use in other Spanish-speaking countries
[edit] External Links
- Philippines (Jesuit Universities)
- Spain
- Other Spanish-speaking countries
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