Library of Alexandria
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library-of-alexandria-167-12166807
title:
Library of Alexandria
text:
The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed by Demetrius of Phalerum, an exiled Athenian statesman living in Alexandria, to Ptolemy I Soter, who may have established plans for the Library, but the Library
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Library in ancient Alexandria, Egypt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria
date created:
2001-05-10T19:32:47Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T11:36:11Z
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