Mouseion
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The Mouseion of Alexandria, which arguably included the Library of Alexandria, was an institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter and his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Originally, the word
Muse statue, a common scholarly motif in the Hellenistic age.
Ptolemy Philadelphus in the Library of Alexandria by Vincenzo Camuccini (1813).
Ptolemy I Soter
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Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian Greek general, historian, and successor of Alexander the Great who went on to found the Ptolemaic Kingdom centered in Egypt. Ptolemy was king and pharaoh of Ptolemaic
Mouseion
…τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας; Latin: Musaeum Alexandrinum), which arguably included the Library of Alexandria, was an institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter and his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus. Originally, the word mouseion meant any place that was dedicated to the Muses, often related to the study of music…
Bust of Ptolemy I.
Ptolemaic coin showing Alexander the Great wearing an elephant scalp, a symbol of his conquest in India
Coin of Ptolemy I, British Museum, London
Ptolemy I gold stater with elephant quadriga, Cyrenaica