Museum of Alexandria
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The Museum of Alexandria was an ancient center of learning and research in Hellenistic Egypt, closely associated with the famed Library of Alexandria and renowned for its scholars, scientific inquiry, and cultural influence.
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hellenistic institution
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ancient cultural institution ⓘ center of learning ⓘ research institution ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closelyAssociatedWith | Royal Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Ptolemaic Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
major center of Hellenistic culture
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symbol of ancient scholarship ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Muses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employed |
librarians
ⓘ
philosophers ⓘ poets ⓘ scholars ⓘ scientists ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
astronomy
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geography ⓘ literary criticism ⓘ mathematics ⓘ medicine ⓘ natural science ⓘ philology ⓘ philosophy ⓘ |
| foundedUnder |
Ptolemaic dynasty
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ptolemy I Soter NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemy II Philadelphus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundingPeriod | Hellenistic period ⓘ |
| function |
scholarly research
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scientific inquiry ⓘ teaching ⓘ textual scholarship ⓘ |
| hasPart |
dining hall
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gardens ⓘ lecture rooms ⓘ residential quarters for scholars ⓘ walkways ⓘ |
| influenced |
Hellenistic science
ⓘ
ancient mathematics ⓘ ancient philosophy ⓘ later libraries ⓘ medieval scholarship ⓘ |
| languageOfScholarship | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Alexandria
NERFINISHED
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Egypt ⓘ Hellenistic Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modelFor | later research institutions ⓘ |
| notableScholar |
Apollonius of Rhodes
NERFINISHED
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Archimedes NERFINISHED ⓘ Callimachus NERFINISHED ⓘ Erasistratus NERFINISHED ⓘ Eratosthenes NERFINISHED ⓘ Euclid NERFINISHED ⓘ Herophilus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Mouseion of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| patron | Ptolemaic kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Greek religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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