The Academy’s emblem has the moto «ΑΠΑΝΤΩΝ ΤΙΜΙΩΤΕΡΟΝ ΠΑΤΡΙΣ – APA΄DON TIMIO΄TERON PATRI΄S» – which means “Homeland is the most honorable (value) above all”. This is a part of Socrates’ answer to his friend Crito’s suggestion to escape from prison, after his sentence to death by drinking a poisonous beverage of hemlock.
The emblem bears both the owl, symbol of wisdom and knowledge in ancient Greece and a double axe which symbolizes the power and strength.