Mouseion

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ancient scholarly institution cultural institution research center

Mouseion was an ancient scholarly institution and research center in Alexandria that housed the famed Library of Alexandria and supported a community of learned scholars.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mouseion canonical 1
Ptolemaic court at Alexandria 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient scholarly institution ⓘ
cultural institution ⓘ
research center ⓘ
associatedWith Library of Alexandria ⓘ
associatedWithRuler Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
discipline astronomy ⓘ
literary studies ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ
medicine ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ
philology ⓘ
employed librarians ⓘ
philosophers ⓘ
poets ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
etymology from Greek "Mouseion" meaning "seat of the Muses" ⓘ
foundedUnder House of Ptolemy ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic dynasty
fundedBy royal patronage ⓘ
governedBy House of Ptolemy ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic kings
hadFeature dining facilities for scholars ⓘ
residential facilities for scholars ⓘ
spaces for lectures and discussion ⓘ
walkways and gardens ⓘ
housed Library of Alexandria ⓘ
influenced Roman scholarly institutions ⓘ
concept of the modern research university ⓘ
later Hellenistic scholarship ⓘ
languageOfInstitution Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy symbol of ancient scholarship and learning ⓘ
locatedIn Alexandria ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
notableScholar Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Aristarchus of Samothrace ⓘ
Callimachus ⓘ
Erasistratus of Ceos ⓘ
surface form: Erasistratus

Eratosthenes ⓘ
Herophilus of Chalcedon ⓘ
surface form: Herophilus

Zenodotus of Ephesus ⓘ
partOf Royal Quarter of Alexandria ⓘ
patronDeity the Muses ⓘ
surface form: Muses
primaryFunction intellectual community support ⓘ
research ⓘ
scholarly study ⓘ
relatedInstitution ruins of the Serapeum of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: Serapeum of Alexandria
status destroyed ⓘ
supported community of scholars ⓘ
learned scholars ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic period ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Library of Alexandria → associatedWith → Mouseion ⓘ
Ptolemy Keraunos → placeOfBirth → Mouseion ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ptolemaic court at Alexandria