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21. `Public libraries' in ancient Rome: Ideology and reality.

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Dix, T. Keith

Subjects
*HISTORY of public libraries, *HISTORY of libraries -- To 400, ROMAN Empire, 30 B.C.-A.D. 476
Abstract

Considers the meaning of the ideology of public access to libraries in Ancient Rome. Reality of general access to libraries; Reliability of library reference in `Historia Augusta'; Use of libraries for public recitations; Libraries in the baths; Preservation of authors' works; Official recognition of literary merit.

Published
1994

22. INTRODUCTION.

Author

Dix, T. Keith

Subjects
MEETINGS, INFORMATION technology, HIGH technology
Abstract

Focuses on issues regarding information technology in the ancient world, discussed at the 2002 meeting of the Southern Section of the Classical Association of the Middle West and South in Birmingham, Alabama. Result of a survey conducted by the association; Perspective of ancients on information technology; Uses of information technology.

Published
2004

24. Alexandrian Library.

Author

Dix, T. Keith

Subjects
Alexandria (Egypt)
Abstract

Much is in doubt about the Alexandrian library: its founder (Ptolemy Soter or his son, Ptolemy Philadelphus); its location (somewhere in the Royal Quarter); its relationship to the Alexandrian museum; the size, nature, and organization of its holdings; and its ultimate fate. The Peripatetic philosopher Demetrius Phalereus may have been “founding librarian,” with Aristotle’s library as his model. Subsequent librarians included Zenodotus of Ephesus, Aristophanes of Byzantium, and Aristarchus of Samothrace; all three produced editions of Homer and other poets, demonstrating the library’s crucial role in preserving Greek literature for future generations.

Published
2022

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