Mouseion
Mouseion (Bahasa Yunani Kuno: Μουσεῖον τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας, Latin: Musaeum Alexandrinum "Perpujaan Mousai Iskandariah") adalah sebuah institusi diasaskan oleh Ptolemaios si Penyelamat atau mungkin puteranya Ptolemaios si Pesumbang mencakupi Perpustakaan Iskandariah.[1] Pada awalnya, ia tempat pembelajaran musik atau syair, sebuah sekolah falsafah dan perpustakaan seperti tempat perguruan Plato, yang juga merupakan gudang teks-teks.
Rujukan
sunting- ^ The relation of the institutions is still a matter of debate. The Musaeum is discussed by P.M. Fraser, Ptolemaic Alexandria (1972: vol. I:213-19 etc), and Mostafa el-Addabi, The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria (Paris 1990:84-90).
Bacaan lanjut
sunting- M MacLeod, Roy, The Library of Alexandria: centre of learning in the ancient world, 2000.
- El-Abbadi, Mostafa, The life and fate of the ancient library of Alexandria, 1990.
- Canfora, Luciano, The Vanished Library: A Wonder of the Ancient World, 1987. (The only modern history.)
- Young Lee, Paula, "The Musaeum of Alexandria and the formation of the 'Museum' in eighteenth-century France," in The Art Bulletin, September 1997.