Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries: a Talk by Professor Edith Hall
Ancient Greek and Roman Libraries: a Talk by Professor Edith Hall
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/ancient-libraries Although Mesopotamian civilisations had assembled texts, the ancient Greeks brought the idea of the universal book collection to its near-legendary consummation in the Library of Alexandria, which edited and housed thousands of papyrus rolls on every subject and attracted brilliant scholars from all over the ancient world. But there were many other libraries, serving […]