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Library of Alexandria

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...

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 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...

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...