In the French secondary education system, a lycée is a type of government-funded high school that students attend for three years before moving on to university or work. The concept of the lycée was introduced in 1801 as part of Napoleon’s education reforms and was named after Aristotle’s school, the Lyceum or Lycaeum. This institution was situated in a specific building in Athens where students would engage in philosophical studies while walking around the halls. The Lyceum was located next to a temple dedicated to Apollo, who was known as Apollo Lyceus due to his association with wolves. The term Lyceus derives from the Proto-Indo-European root wlkwo, meaning “wolf”.
