born in Cyrene. Eratosthenes then spent some years studying in Athens. The library at Alexandria was planned by Ptolemy I Soter and the project came to fruition under his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus. The library was based on copies of the works in the library of Aristotle. Ptolemy II Philadelphus appointed one of Eratosthenes' teachers Callimachus as the second librarian. When Ptolemy III Euergetes succeeded his father in 245 BC and he persuaded Eratosthenes to go to Alexandria as the tutor of his
accomplish. Although his short-lived reign was great and effected many societies massively he didn’t have an heir that lived to adopt his empire from him to continue the domination of the world. This lead to him saying one of his most well known quotes “I leave it to the strongest”, which started a power struggle between his generals that lasted for years. All of these events were very significant and heavily influenced the following era. King Philip II, ruler of Macedon, set out to destroy the existence
Although the Hellenistic Era started with the death of Alexander the Great in 323BCE it is important to explore its beginnings. Both Greek and Oriental philosophies greatly influenced the formation of the Hellenistic Age. The spread of Hellenistic culture and its substantial scientific contributions produced an impact on civilization that is still evident today. One of the most important aspects of the thought, culture, and religion during the Hellenistic Era was its impact on the Jewish culture
picture of Alexander’s life and death. There are sites in Vergina, Greece; Samarkand, Uzbekistan; Nebuchadnezzar, Iraq; Pella, Greece; and Tyre, Lebanon; not to mention, archeologists are finally discovering remains from the fabled Alexandra. Ultimately, I mostly disagree with the statement provided. We do not lack knowledge or information on Alexander; we simply do not know his entire story. This is not a unique phenomenon in the study of history. Facts and evidence will never be presented in a purely
which we can date exactly was made by Ptolemy on 26 March 127 while the last was made on 2 February 141. It was claimed by Theodore Melitenotes in around 1360 that Ptolemy was born in Heriou but since this claim first appears long after Ptolemy had already died, it is very unlikely its actually true. In fact, there is no evidence that Ptolemy was anywhere other than Alexandria. His name, Claudius Ptolemy, is of course a mixture of the Greek Egyptian "Ptolemy" and the Roman "Claudius". This wound
intellectual center of the known world. However, Alexander died before his vision could be realized. His next-in-command, General Ptolemy, took over Egypt after Alexander’s death. Ptolemy shared Alexander’s respect for knowledge and learning and was able to finish what Alexander started. Not only did he finish the library, he made Alexandria the capital of Egypt. Ptolemy and his descendants continued support of the library for almost 300 years. They spent their lifetimes collecting books. They
fascinated me. I particularly enjoyed the example of Ptolemy XII, who was “deposed in favour of his daughter Berenike IV…” (Shipley 213) Removing a father and putting his daughter in place as ruler suggests that ancestry is more important than gender. Although the decision of who should rule was still limited to those who were descendants of the last ruler, rather than the most able member of the population being selected, the fact that Berenike IV was a daughter and not a son did not hinder her. I was also
In the ancient world, Art was commissioned and used by the rulers, nobles and very wealthy people wherever a royal, an imperial system or an aristocracy dominated a society and controlled a significant share of resources. Each piece of art had its religious, social, and political or other cultural context and was created using plural form of medium ranging from drawings on papyrus through wood, stones, and paintings. The coffin of Pedi-Osiris is an artwork that is exhibited at the Museum of Fine
It is considered to be one of the eldest and largest temples of the Ptolemaic period (Lloyd et al.169). The temple was built to worship one of the main five gods in Egypt, Horus. I chose to talk about this temple because I have always appreciated Ancient Egyptian culture, architecture, and art. It is amazing for me that I had the opportunity to live in Egypt
“summary” of famous Greek mathematicians. According to him, Euclid taught at Alexandria in the time of Ptolemy I Soter, who reigned over Egypt from 323 to 285 bc. Medieval translators and editors often confused him with the philosopher Eukleides of Megara, a contemporary of Plato about a century before, and therefore called him Megarensis. Proclus supported his date for Euclid by writing “Ptolemy once asked Euclid if there was not a shorter road to geometry than through the Elements, and Euclid replied
While he was born thousands of years ago, Euclid has made a mark in mathematics that has stood the test of time and continues to shape modern sciences. He discovered classic geometry and wrote many book and papers on mathematics that proved useful to the great thinkers of the time. Having drafted a lot of his finding in his book The Elements, he has made a framework for mathematicians and is, even 23 centuries later, revered as valued information. His years of studying have made him a loved and
geometrical distances and vectors. Especially, his thirteen books of the treatise ‘Elements (Stoicheia)’ has defined the most area of geometry and later divided the geometry as Euclidean and non-Euclidean. The book of Elements discusses plane geometry (books I-IV and VI), number theory (V and VII-X), and solid geometry (XI-XIII). Amongst all thirteen books of the treatise, the most well-known topics are the Euclidean algorithm and the five axioms, or postulates. Regarding the Euclid’s Elements, British mathematician
Writing in the ancient world was recognized as a powerful skill, the scribes were a very important people and not many were to be found. Starting with the Mesopotamian society, scribes were needed to send messages, convey news, take down Kings orders, register laws, write religious text, and much more as well as entertaining people with their readings. “The Mesopotamian scribes were an aristocratic elite, they contained power in their hands.” (Manguel 180). Text books in the past were found in the
How it was Destroyed The walls of the city of Babylon were destroyed just in the 1st century in the war after the hanging gardens of Babylon were just constructed. The gardens' plants, trees, and vines were almost dying in the war. The people who know about this structure survived until 2nd century and then they painfully died with many of the harsh earthquakes. But nobody knows how it was destroyed and where it was exactly. Some people said it was totally destroyed in the earthquakes in the 2nd
architect Libon. The statue itself was created by the Athenian sculptor Pheidias. Constructed out of ivory sections, the massive statue was 45 feet tall, holding victory in his right hand, and his sceptor in his left. Closed by the Roman emperor Theodosius I in 391 AD, citing beliefs that the Olympic games (to which this statue symbolized) were a Pagan ritual. The Statue of Zeus was transported by wealthy Greeks to a palace in Constantinople, only to later be destroyed by fire in 462 AD. 4. The Temple
HOW WAS THE GREAT LIBRAY OF ALEXANDRIA ORGANIZED AND OPERATED? WHO OR WHAT CAUSED ITS DESTRUCTION? For the extra credit assignment I have decided to compose as essay describing the great library of Alexandria. The library itself is wrapped up in a great mystery that has had many historians and archeologists heavily interested in its existence for many years. It has been recorded that the library of Alexandria held many thousands, if not millions, of books, volumes and other documents. The library