Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; xii, 196 pages : map ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index. Contents; Introduction : Alexandria in history and myth / Roy MacLeod -- pt. 1. Alexandria in history and myth. Ch. 1. Before Alexandria : libraries in the Ancient Near East / D.T. Potts ; Ch. 2. Alexandria : the umbilicus of the ancient world / Wendy Brazil ; Ch. 3. Cloistered bookworms in the chicken-coop of the muses : the ancient library of Alexandria / Robert Barnes ; Ch. 4. Aristotle's works : the possible origins of the Alexandria collection / R.G. Tanner -- pt. 2. Scholarship in the Alexandrian manner. Ch. 5. Doctors in the library : the strange tale of Apollonius the bookworm and other stories / John Vallance ; Ch. 6. The theatre of Paphos and the theatre of Alexandria : some first thoughts / J.R. Green ; Ch. 7. Scholars and students in the Roman East / Samuel N.C. Lieu ; Ch. 8. The Neoplatonists and the mystery schools of the Mediterranean / Patricia Cannon Johnson ; Ch. 9. Alexandria and its Medieval legacy : the book, the monk and the rose / J.O. Ward. Subjects; Alexandrian Library. Alexandrian Libraries and Museum. To 640. Ancient. Libraries Egypt Alexandria History To 400. Civilization, Classical. Libraries history. Antiquities. Civilization, Classical. 3 Kg.

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Title: The Library of Alexandria : centre of learning in the ancient world / edited by Roy MacLeod
Publisher: New York : I.B. Tauris
Publication Date: 2001
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1860644287
ISBN 13: 9781860644283
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: Second Edition.
Weight: 3 kilograms

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The Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest cultural adornments of the late ancient world. It contained thousands of scrolls of Greek, Hebrew and Mesopotamian literature, as well as art and artifacts of ancient Egypt. This book brings together a distinguished array of scholars to bring this great institution--tragically destroyed--back to life.

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Roy MacLeod is Professor of History, University of Sydney.

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