In Plato's Symposium, Alcibiades is heard in the "fore court" or αὐλῇ whereas in Esther the king's servants are said to be in the king's gate or aule.
The sheep might also be brought within the confines of the aule at night.
At Heidelberg there remains die alte Aula Universität Heidelberg.
In Spanish, where boys once gathered in the courtyard with there slates, the classrooms are aula.
