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...
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...
Whenever someone brings up the Fire of the Library of Alexandria, misconceptions and historical myths take center stage. Not because people are willing to lie about such a monumental event in human history—quite the opposite. The problem is that...
Clay tablets, papyrus scrolls and organized archives gave rise to the largest libraries the ancient world had ever seen. From Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean, early civilizations built and guarded repositories that preserved knowledge, solidified power and shaped future generations.
These...
Few figures in Ancient Greek literature have been as consequential and enigmatic as Apollonius of Rhodes.
Born around 295 BC, this poet of the Hellenistic period was, above all, a scholar who dared to change epics significantly, generating works that...
Have you ever wondered why libraries are organized the way they are, or why poets sometimes favor short, punchy verses over long epics? You might be surprised to learn that a figure from the distant 3rd century BC, a...
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...
Zenodotus of Ephesus was an ancient Greek scholar and the first librarian of the Library of Alexandria. He was also the first person in recorded history to use alphabetical order as a method of organization.
A grammarian and literary critic...
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...
