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The ptolemaic library project

J. Thompson, Dorothy (2008) The ptolemaic library project. Acta Antiqua, 48 (1-2). pp. 67-72. ISSN 0044-5975

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Abstract

This paper discusses the foundation of the Library of Alexandria, probably to be dated under Ptolemy I, and argues for its location within the temple complex of the Mouseion. Modelled in part on Aristotle’s library in Athens, the Library is placed in its Alexandrian context as a royal project which may have had Egyptian precedents but was nevertheless central to the Greek cultural development of Hellenistic Egypt.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: P Language and Literature / nyelvészet és irodalom > PA Classical philology / klasszika-filológia
Depositing User: xKatalin xBarta
Date Deposited: 12 Jan 2017 11:06
Last Modified: 12 Jan 2017 11:06
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/45204

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