The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World.(Book Review) From: The Historian | Date: March 22, 2003| Author: Lamberton, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2003 Phi Alpha Theta, History Honor Society, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the Ancient World. Edited by Roy MacLeod. (London and New York: I. B. Tauris Publishers, 2000. Pp. xii, 196. $55.00.)

This collection of nine essays with introduction was produced in the context of the efforts of the Australian Friends of the Alexandria Library to assist the project of the new library (xi). The editor and four of the contributors are members of the faculty of the University of Sydney. Other contributors in...

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