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Stagira

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Aristotle’s birthplace — razed by Philip, rebuilt for the philosopher.

Certain · Chalcidice

A small Ionian colony on the Chalcidic peninsula, destroyed by Philip of Macedon in his wars — and, tradition says, rebuilt at Aristotle’s request when the king engaged him to tutor the young Alexander. “The Stagirite” remained his name through two millennia of philosophy.

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