Alexandria, Egypt: The Life of a Great City from its Founding to the Arab Conquest
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Alexandria, Egypt: The Life of a Great City from its Founding to the Arab Conquest
39.99 €
One can only write about Alexandria in Egypt in glowing terms. What other ancient city could have combined in its history the quintessence of classical science and art? The ancient metropolis was ready to satisfy any demand, especially intellectual ones. Every book that arrived in the Ptolemaic Empire was immediately copied and transferred to the Library of Alexandria.
Alexandria played an invaluable role in the final formation of the Old Testament, as well as its translation into Greek and the development of Christian dogma. The Museum housed zoological and botanical collections, sages resolved philosophical questions, astronomers made astonishing discoveries in the heavens, literary critics handed down to us the Homeric epics, distilled into song, physicians were renowned throughout the Mediterranean, and unsullied poets praised the Ptolemaic reign and sang of the voluptuous festivals of Aphrodite and Adonis.
The school of Alexandrian battle mechanics, led by Archimedes of Syracuse, passed a brilliant and rigorous test during the Second Punic War, a test imposed by Rome's iron legions. The Lighthouse of Alexandria was rightfully considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. According to Gerondas, "Everything that can exist or happen on earth is found in Egypt: wealth, sport, power, blue skies, glory, spectacles, philosophers, gold, handsome youths, the temples of the gods at Adelphi, the good king, Musaeus, wine, every good thing one could wish for, and women, so many women... Aphrodite is at home here." And although it's impossible to embrace the immensity, in this book we will try to tell you about it all.
Alexandria played an invaluable role in the final formation of the Old Testament, as well as its translation into Greek and the development of Christian dogma. The Museum housed zoological and botanical collections, sages resolved philosophical questions, astronomers made astonishing discoveries in the heavens, literary critics handed down to us the Homeric epics, distilled into song, physicians were renowned throughout the Mediterranean, and unsullied poets praised the Ptolemaic reign and sang of the voluptuous festivals of Aphrodite and Adonis.
The school of Alexandrian battle mechanics, led by Archimedes of Syracuse, passed a brilliant and rigorous test during the Second Punic War, a test imposed by Rome's iron legions. The Lighthouse of Alexandria was rightfully considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. According to Gerondas, "Everything that can exist or happen on earth is found in Egypt: wealth, sport, power, blue skies, glory, spectacles, philosophers, gold, handsome youths, the temples of the gods at Adelphi, the good king, Musaeus, wine, every good thing one could wish for, and women, so many women... Aphrodite is at home here." And although it's impossible to embrace the immensity, in this book we will try to tell you about it all.
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