Library of Pergamon

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ancient library cultural center

The Library of Pergamon was an important ancient Greek library and cultural center in Asia Minor, renowned as a rival to the Library of Alexandria and a major hub of scholarship and manuscript collection.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
library of Pergamon	3
Pergamon Library	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient library ⓘ cultural center ⓘ
approximateDateOfEstablishment	2nd century BCE ⓘ 3rd century BCE ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Hellenistic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Greek literature ⓘ philosophy ⓘ rhetoric ⓘ scholars of the Hellenistic period ⓘ science ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ
collectionSize	second only to the Library of Alexandria in the Hellenistic world ⓘ
country	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece
culturalImpact	contributed to preservation of Greek literary works ⓘ symbol of Hellenistic intellectual rivalry ⓘ
dedicatedTo	learning and the Muses ⓘ
era	Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Attalid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Eumenes II of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	educational institution ⓘ repository of scrolls and manuscripts ⓘ research center ⓘ
heritageStatus	part of UNESCO World Heritage Site "Pergamon and its Multi-Layered Cultural Landscape" ⓘ
inCompetitionWith	Library of Alexandria NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	development of parchment as a writing material ⓘ
knownFor	association with parchment (pergamena) ⓘ large manuscript collection ⓘ support of literary and scientific scholarship ⓘ
language	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Asia Minor ⓘ Kingdom of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ
mediumOfTexts	papyrus scrolls ⓘ parchment manuscripts ⓘ
modernLocation	Bergama, Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Acropolis of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ
patron	Attalid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Attalus I of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Attalus II of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ Eumenes II of Pergamon NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Mysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousContext	situated near temples on the Pergamon acropolis ⓘ
significance	major center of Hellenistic scholarship ⓘ rival of the Library of Alexandria ⓘ
status	ruins ⓘ
typeOfCollection	literary texts ⓘ philosophical treatises ⓘ scientific works ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Kingdom of Pergamon → hasPart → Library of Pergamon ⓘ

Attalid dynasty → knownFor → Library of Pergamon ⓘ

this entity surface form: library of Pergamon

Attalid dynasty → notableSite → Library of Pergamon ⓘ

this entity surface form: library of Pergamon

Temple of Athena → near → Library of Pergamon ⓘ

Eumenes II → patronOf → Library of Pergamon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pergamon Library

acropolis of Pergamon → knownFor → Library of Pergamon ⓘ

subject surface form: Acropolis of Pergamon

this entity surface form: library of Pergamon