Library of Alexandria

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ancient library center of learning cultural institution

The Library of Alexandria was an ancient center of learning in Egypt, renowned for its vast collection of texts and its role as a major hub of scholarship in the Hellenistic world.

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All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
Library of Alexandria canonical 29
Ancient Library of Alexandria 2
Mouseion of Alexandria 2

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient library ⓘ
center of learning ⓘ
cultural institution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Library of Alexandria ⓘ
surface form: Great Library of Alexandria
associatedWith Mouseion ⓘ
philosophers ⓘ
poets ⓘ
scholars ⓘ
scientists ⓘ
catalogue Pinakes ⓘ
cataloguedBy Callimachus ⓘ
collectionType manuscripts ⓘ
scrolls ⓘ
country Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Ptolemaic Egypt
destructionCause series of fires and conflicts ⓘ
destructionPeriod over several centuries ⓘ
employed librarians ⓘ
resident scholars ⓘ
era Hellenistic period ⓘ
fate destroyed ⓘ
foundedUnder Ptolemy I Soter ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus ⓘ
inception 3rd century BCE ⓘ
knownFor advances in science and mathematics ⓘ
cataloguing of books ⓘ
systematic collection of knowledge ⓘ
textual criticism of classical works ⓘ
vast collection of texts ⓘ
languageOfMaterials Egyptian ⓘ
Greek ⓘ
other ancient Mediterranean languages ⓘ
legacy inspiration for modern libraries and research institutions ⓘ
symbol of lost knowledge ⓘ
locatedIn Alexandria, Egypt ⓘ
surface form: Alexandria

Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
namedAfter city of Alexandria ⓘ
notableScholar Apollonius of Rhodes ⓘ
Aristarchus of Samothrace ⓘ
Callimachus ⓘ
Eratosthenes ⓘ
Zenodotus of Ephesus ⓘ
partOf Library of Alexandria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria
policy acquisition of texts from visiting ships ⓘ
copying and retaining original manuscripts ⓘ
purpose education of scholars ⓘ
preservation of literature ⓘ
support of research ⓘ
significance major center of scholarship in the ancient world ⓘ
one of the largest libraries of the ancient world ⓘ

Referenced by (38)

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Bibliotheca Alexandrina → inspiredBy → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Bibliotheca Alexandrina → commemorates → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms → notableInstitution → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Hellenistic kingdoms → notableInstitution → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Museum of Alexandria
Ptolemaic Kingdom → importantInstitution → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom → importantInstitution → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria
Codex Alexandrinus → formerLocation → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patriarchal Library of Alexandria
Archimedes → educatedAt → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Apollodorus of Athens → associatedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Hellenistic period → culturalImpact → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Letter of Aristeas → describes → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: library of Alexandria
Letter of Aristeas → associatedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Pergamon → competedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Alexandria, Egypt → hasHistoricalSite → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Library of Alexandria
Alexandria, Egypt → knownFor → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ancient Library of Alexandria
Library of Alexandria → partOf → Library of Alexandria self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria
Library of Alexandria → alsoKnownAs → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great Library of Alexandria
Francophone Library → parentInstitution → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemy I Soter → associatedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemy II Philadelphus → expanded → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Ptolemy III Euergetes → associatedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Hellenistic poetry → associatedWithInstitution → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Callimachus → employer → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Callimachus → workLocation → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Euclid → employer → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Aristarchus of Samothrace → workLocation → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Aristarchus of Samothrace → educatedAt → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
ruins of the Serapeum of Alexandria → associatedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Eratosthenes → employer → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Eratosthenes → memberOf → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
this entity surface form: intellectual community of Alexandria
Apollonius of Rhodes → employer → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Apollonius of Rhodes → educatedAt → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Hellenistic medicine → hasKeyCenter → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Zenodotus of Ephesus → employer → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Pinakes → compiledAt → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Pinakes → associatedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
Mouseion → associatedWith → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
subject surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria
Mouseion → housed → Library of Alexandria ⓘ
subject surface form: Mouseion of Alexandria