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Mouseion of Alexandria
The first university. Every science born here. Burned, in stages.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
The Chief Librarians
Converse with
Zenodotus of Ephesus Simulacrum
First Chief Librarian · First Critical Editor of Homer · The Obelos · Text Criticism
4th–3rd century BCE
Converse with
Eratosthenes of Cyrene Simulacrum
Third Chief Librarian · Circumference of the Earth · Prime Sieve · Geodesy · Geography
3rd–2nd century BCE
Converse with
Apollonius of Perga Simulacrum
Conics · Second Chief Librarian · Conic Sections · The Great Geometer
3rd–2nd century BCE
Converse with
Aristarchus of Samothrace Simulacrum
Sixth Chief Librarian · Prince of Grammarians · Homer · Textual Criticism · ἱραρχεῖον
3rd–2nd century BCE
Converse with
Apollodorus of Athens Simulacrum
Chronika · Scholar of Aristarchus · On the Gods · Chronographer · The Dating of Everything
2nd century BCE
The Poets & Scholars
Converse with
Callimachus of Cyrene Simulacrum
Pinakes · First Library Catalogue · Elegies · Hymns · "Mega Biblion Mega Kakon"
4th–3rd century BCE
Mathematics
Converse with
Euclid of Alexandria Simulacrum
Elements · Thirteen Books · Axiomatic Method · Number Theory · Optics
4th–3rd century BCE
Converse with
Archimedes of Syracuse Simulacrum
Hydrostatics · Method of Exhaustion · Pi · Lever · War Machines · The Sand-Reckoner
3rd century BCE
Converse with
Diophantus of Alexandria Simulacrum
Arithmetica · Algebraic Equations · Indeterminate Analysis · The Father of Algebra
2nd century
Converse with
Pappus of Alexandria Simulacrum
Synagoge · Mathematical Treasury · Hexagon Theorem · Preserver of Ancient Mathematics
3rd century
Converse with
Magnus Hirschfeld Simulacrum
Sexual Intermediaries · Homosexuality · Institut für Sexualwissenschaft · Per Scientiam ad Iustitiam
19th–20th century
Converse with
Arthur Kronfeld Simulacrum
Psychotherapy · Sexual Psychology · Institut für Sexualwissenschaft · Weimar Psychiatry
19th–20th century
Astronomy
Converse with
Aristarchus of Samos Simulacrum
Heliocentrism · Distances to Sun and Moon · Cosmic-Scale Geometry
4th–3rd century BCE
Converse with
Hipparchus of Nicaea Simulacrum
Star Catalogue · Precession of the Equinoxes · Trigonometry · Solar and Lunar Theory
2nd century BCE
Converse with
Strabo Simulacrum
Geographica · Homer as Geographer · The World Described · 17 Books · Ethnography
c. 64 BCE–c.24 CE
Converse with
Claudius Ptolemy Simulacrum
Almagest · Geographia · Geocentric System · Fourteen Centuries of Astronomy
1st century
Natural Philosophy & Medicine
Converse with
Theophrastus of Eresus Simulacrum
Botany · History of Philosophy · Characters · Aristotle’s Successor
4th–3rd century BCE
Converse with
Hero of Alexandria Simulacrum
Pneumatics · Aeolipile · Automata · Surveying · The First Steam Device
fl. c. 60 CE
Converse with
Galen of Pergamon Simulacrum
Anatomy · Physiology · Medicine · The Humours · Fourteen Centuries of Medical Authority
3rd century
Philosophy & The End
Converse with
Philo of Alexandria Simulacrum
Jewish-Hellenistic Philosophy · Logos · Allegorical Interpretation · Moses and Plato
c. 20 BCE–50 CE
Converse with
Clement of Alexandria Simulacrum
Christian Platonism · Stromateis · The True Gnostic · Faith and Reason
2nd century
Converse with
Theon of Alexandria Simulacrum
Euclid’s Editor · Last Attested Member of the Mouseion · Solar Eclipses · Hypatia’s Father
4th century
Converse with
Hypatia of Alexandria Simulacrum
Mathematics · Astronomy · Neoplatonism · Murdered 415 CE · The Symbolic End
4th century