The
Library of Alexandria
centre of learning in the ancient world
MacLeod, Roy M. (Roy Malcolm)
1941-
editor.
Serageldin, Ismail
1944-
foreword
text
bibliography
ua
2002
monographic
eng
xii, 196 pages : map ; 24 cm
The 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.
Introduction : 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.
edited by Roy MacLeod ; with a foreword by Ismail Serageldin.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
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Alexandrian Library.
Biblioteca de Alejandría
Historia
Libraries
Egypt
Alexandria
History
To 400
Bibliotecas
Historia
Egipto
Alexandria (Egypt)
Intellectual life
Alejandría (Egipto)
Vida intelectual
Alexandria (Egypt)
Antiquities
Alejandría (Egipto)
Antigüedades
Egypt
History
Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D
Z 722.5 L697 2002
9774247108 (paperback)
9789774247101 (paperback)
2022405844
IBI
230725
20240424104727.0
23242171
eng