The Library of Alexandria : centre of learning in the ancient world. / edited by Roy MacLeod.
The Library of Alexandria : centre of learning in the ancient world. /
edited by Roy MacLeod.
- Repr.
- London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2004.
- XII, 196 p. : map. ; 23 cm.
Incluye índices.
Bibliografía: p. 181-190.
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.
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Incluye índices.
Bibliografía: p. 181-190.
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.
1-85043-594-4
Biblioteca de Alejandría.
Alejandría (Egipto)--Cultura--Edad Antigua.
027(32)