Brewer's: Athenæum

(the review so called) was founded by James Silk Buckingham in 1829. It was named after the institution founded by Hadrian, where works of art and learning were dedicated to Athene.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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