Great Library

GPTKB entity

Statements (65)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:library
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Library_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mouseion
gptkbp:country gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:destroyedBy possibly by Julius Caesar
possibly by Muslim conquest
possibly by Theophilus
possibly by civil war
possibly by decree of Theophilus
possibly by fire
gptkbp:established 3rd century BCE
gptkbp:estimatedHoldings 40,000 to 400,000 scrolls
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Ptolemy_II_Philadelphus
gptkb:Ptolemy_I_Soter
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Great Library
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Islamic_Golden_Age
gptkb:Renaissance
Western scholarship
modern libraries
gptkbp:legacy inspiration for modern libraries
symbol of lost knowledge
gptkbp:location gptkb:Alexandria
gptkbp:notableCollection gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Egyptian
scrolls
other ancient languages
gptkbp:notableDirector gptkb:Apollonius_of_Rhodes
gptkb:Aristarchus_of_Samothrace
gptkb:Callimachus
gptkb:Eratosthenes
gptkb:Hypatia
gptkb:Zenodotus
gptkbp:notableGuest gptkb:Hero_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Herophilus
gptkb:Archimedes
gptkb:Euclid
gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:Plutarch
gptkb:Cleopatra_VII
gptkb:Strabo
gptkb:Ctesibius
gptkb:Ptolemy_XIV
gptkb:Ptolemy_III_Euergetes
gptkb:Ptolemy_IV_Philopator
gptkb:Ptolemy_IX_Soter_II
gptkb:Ptolemy_VIII_Physcon
gptkb:Ptolemy_VI_Philometor
gptkb:Ptolemy_V_Epiphanes
gptkb:Ptolemy_XIII_Theos_Philopator
gptkb:Ptolemy_XII_Auletes
gptkb:Ptolemy_XV_Caesarion
gptkb:Ptolemy_X_Alexander_I
Galen
gptkbp:purpose scholarly research
collection of knowledge
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Bibliotheca_Alexandrina
gptkb:Serapeum_of_Alexandria
gptkb:Mouseion_of_Alexandria
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sandbox_Networks
gptkb:Osgoode_Hall
gptkb:Bandle_City
gptkb:Law_Society_of_Ontario
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6