tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post2188067867653341392..comments2024-03-25T08:41:57.698+13:00Comments on Kiwi Hellenist: The library of Alexandria and the loss of knowledgePeter Gainsfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17448862214081111386noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-53926473715071821012020-12-15T10:01:36.320+13:002020-12-15T10:01:36.320+13:00Very interesting and helpful. Thank you!Very interesting and helpful. Thank you!DKydderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17744339729853412493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-2347343697536605992017-02-10T01:19:46.835+13:002017-02-10T01:19:46.835+13:00... not to mention the persecution of Euergetes II...... not to mention the persecution of Euergetes II <br /><br />"For he murdered many of the Alexandrians; not a few he sent into exile, and filled the islands and towns with men who had grown up with his brother — philologians, philosophers, mathematicians, musicians, painters, athletic trainers, physicians, and many other men of skill in their profession."<br />(Athenaeus, domicshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02775415782548456535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1918995924244969903.post-83990532125244057262016-02-03T03:15:51.217+13:002016-02-03T03:15:51.217+13:00Given what Byzantine scholars brought to Italy jus...Given what Byzantine scholars brought to Italy just before, I always though that the main loss of Greek texts must have come with the fall of Constantinople when, evidently, the Turks went out of their way to destroy books which they thought likely to prove blasphemous of Islam.Anebohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05865020806337781472noreply@blogger.com