Library of Alexandria
Ancient Greece
How Homer’s Epics Survived After the Fall of the Ancient Greek World
Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were the two epics that brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world and served as the foundation of Western literature.
Both works were composed in the late eighth or early seventh century BC. They...
Ancient Greece
Who Burned the Library of Alexandria?
The ancient Library of Alexandria was one of the greatest human achievements in antiquity. It was a vast collection of knowledge from countless and varied sources and contained tens or possibly even hundreds of thousands of scrolls. For this...
Ancient Greece
Ancient Library of Alexandria One of Greatest Treasures of Mankind
The ancient Library of Alexandria, built in the city that was the brainchild of Alexander the Great, was one of the greatest wonders of the world, hosting scholars who explored science, history and all other areas of knowledge before...
Education
AUTH Will Work With Alexandria Library
AUTH Rector Yiannis Mylopoulos with the Educative Attaché Embassy of the Arabic Republic of Egypt in Athens, Dr. Hisham Darwish, discussed the opportunities for cooperation between the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and the Library of Alexandria.
Darwish, submitted a proposal...