02741cam a2200421 i 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700700030003400800410003701000170007802000270009502000300012204001100015204100080026204200140027004300120028405000230029624501380031926400670045730000350052433600260055933700280058533800270061350400670064050508320070752003040153961000250184361000420186865000510191065000340196165100430199565100460203865100370208465100430212165100580216470000550222270000420227723242171BJBSDDR20240424104727.0ta230725s2002 ua b b 001 0 eng d a 2022405844 a9774247108 (paperback) a9789774247101 (paperback) aIBIbengerdacIBIdOCLCQdOCLCGdOCLCAdMNJdOCLCFdOCLCOdOCLCQdGBVCPdOCLCQdOCLCOdOCLCAdOCLCOdDLC aeng alccopycat af-ua---14aZ 722.5bL697 200204aThe Library of Alexandria :bcentre of learning in the ancient world /cedited by Roy MacLeod ; with a foreword by Ismail Serageldin. 1aCairo, Egypt :bThe American University in Cairo Press,c2002. axii, 196 pages :bmap ;c24 cm atextbtxt2rdacontent aunmediatedbn2rdamedia avolumebnc2rdacarrier aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.0 aIntroduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- Before Alexandria : libraries in the ancient Near East / D.T. Potts -- Alexandria : the umbilicus of the ancient world / Wendy Brazil -- Cloistered bookworms in the chicken-coop of the muses : the ancient library of Alexandria / Robert Barnes -- Aristotle's works : the possible origins of the Alexandria collection / R.G. Tanner -- Doctors in the library : the strange tale of Apollonius the bookworm and other stories / John Vallance -- The theatre of Paphos and the theatre of Alexandria : some first thoughts / J.R. Green -- Scholars and students in the Roman East / Samuel N.C. Lieu -- The Neoplatonists and the mystery schools of the Mediterranean / Patricia Cannon Johnson -- Alexandria and its medieval legacy : the book, the monk and the rose / J.O. Ward. aThe Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world and contained thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature and art and artefacts of ancient Egypt. This text brings together scholars from many disciplines who bring it back to life.20aAlexandrian Library.24aBiblioteca de Alejandría xHistoria 0aLibrarieszEgyptzAlexandriaxHistoryyTo 400. 4aBibliotecasxHistoriazEgipto 0aAlexandria (Egypt)xIntellectual life. 4aAlejandría (Egipto) xVida intelectual 0aAlexandria (Egypt)xAntiquities. 4aAlejandría (Egipto) xAntigüedades 0aEgyptxHistoryyGreco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D.1 aMacLeod, Roy M. q(Roy Malcolm), d1941- eeditor.1 aSerageldin, Ismail, d1944-eforeword