Historical figure

Kallimakhos of Kirene

310 BC – 240 BC

Poet and compiler of the Pinakes Hellenistic Greece Libya

Poet and scholar at the Library of Alexandria who compiled the Pinakes, a bibliographic catalog that became a foundational work in librarianship.

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Alexandria: Library of Dreams Roger S. Bagnall · Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 146(4) · 2002 Discussed in The Library of Alexandria and the Ambition to Gather All World Knowledge
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The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World Roy MacLeod (ed.) · I.B. Tauris · 2000 Discussed in The Library of Alexandria and the Ambition to Gather All World Knowledge
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The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria Mostafa El-Abbadi · UNESCO · 1990 Discussed in The Library of Alexandria and the Ambition to Gather All World Knowledge
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The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World Luciano Canfora · University of California Press · 1990 Discussed in The Library of Alexandria and the Ambition to Gather All World Knowledge

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The Library of Alexandria and the Ambition to Gather All World Knowledge

Alexandria was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt. After Alexander's death, his general Ptolemy took over Egypt and began…

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