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S2E1: Alexandria, the Library, the Museum and Strato

After the death of Alexander the Great, the intellectual center of the Greek world shifted from Athens to Alexandria. His general and childhood friend Ptolemy built the city, along with its famous museum and library, and called upon the philosopher and physicist Strato of Lampsacus to aid him in this Read more…

By thehopads, 4 years ago May 30, 2019
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