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Where did Aristotle live after leaving Plato’s Academy?

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Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background. — Aristotle Aristotle, detail of a Roman copy (2nd century bce) of a Greek alabaster portrait bust (c. 325 bce); in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.

After leaving Plato’s Academy upon Plato’s death around 348 BCE, Aristotle traveled to Assus, a city on the northwestern coast of Anatolia in present-day Turkey. He subsequently lived in the city of Mytilene on the island of Lésbos, where he conducted extensive scientific research.12

In 343 or 342 BCE, he moved to Pella, the capital of Macedonia, to serve as a tutor to Alexander the Great. He presumably remained in Macedonia until he returned to Athens in 335 BCE to establish the Lyceum.123