Ancient libraries /
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Cambridge University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Cambridge ; New York : |
Publication Dates: | 2013. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xx, 479 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-462) and index. |
ISBN: |
9781107012561 (cloth) : 1107012562 (cloth) |
Index Number: | Z722 |
CLC: | G259.192 |
Call Number: | G259.192/A541 |
Contents: | 1. Libraries in ancient Egypt / Kim Ryholt -- 2. Reading the libraries of Assyria and Babylonia /Eleanor Robson -- 3. Fragments of a history of ancient libraries / Christian Jacob -- 4. Men and books in fourth-century BC Athens / Massimo Pinto -- 5. From text to text: the impact of the Alexandrian Library on the work of Hellenistic poets / Annette Harder -- 6. Where was the Royal Library of Pergamon? An institution found and lost again / Gaelle Coqueugniot ... |