The Library of Alexandria : centre of learning in the ancient world / edited by Roy MacLeod.
Contributor(s): MacLeod, Roy M
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TextPublisher: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2000Distributor: New York : In the U.S.A. and Canada distributed by St. Martin's PressDescription: xii, 196 pages : map ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1860644287Subject(s): Alexandrian Library | Libraries -- Egypt -- Alexandria -- History -- To 400 | Alexandria (Egypt) -- Intellectual life | Alexandria (Egypt) -- Antiquities | Egypt -- History -- Greco-Roman period, 332 B.C.-640 A.D | Civilization, ClassicalDDC classification: 027.032 LOC classification: Z722.5 | .L53 2000Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.| Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index.
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.