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Authors: Justin Pollard
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INDEX
Academy, Plato’s founding of
Achillas
Address to Origen
(Thaumaturgus)
(Thaumaturgus)
Adonais
(Shelley)
(Shelley)
Adonis
(Ptolemy )
(Ptolemy )
Advancement of Learning, The
(Bacon)
(Bacon)
Aegyptica
Aelian
Aeliopile
Against Aristarchus
(Cleanthes)
(Cleanthes)
Against Callimachus’s Library Lists
(Aristophanes of Byzantium)
(Aristophanes of Byzantium)
Against Celsus. See Contra Celsus
(Origen of Alexandria)
(Origen of Alexandria)
Agathocles (heir of King Lysimachos)
Agathocles (of Ptolemy ’s reign)
Agothoclea
Aigai
Aitia
(Callimachus)
(Callimachus)
Al-Baladhuri
Alchemical Notes
(Newton)
(Newton)
Alchemy
Alexander
Alexander (patriarch)
Alexander, Tiberius Julius
Alexander Lysimachus
Alexander or Cassandra
(Lycophron)
(Lycophron)
Alexander the Great
and Aristotle
birth and early life of
conquests of
founding of Alexandria
funeral procession of
last days and death of
as liberator of Egypt
as living god
and tyranny as choice of government
visit to Ammon temple at Siwa
war among heirs of
Alexander the Great
(Rufus)
(Rufus)
Alexandria
Amr’s conquest and destruction of
in Augustus Caesar’s time
and Caracalla’s fury
chronology of
design of
dynasties of
and early Christianity.
See
Christianity
See
Christianity
and Euclid’s mathematics
factors bringing down Ptolemaic dynasty
founding of
Jewish population of.
See
Jews
See
Jews
Julius Caesar’s taking of
layout and design of
library of.
See
Library of Alexandria
See
Library of Alexandria
medicine, anatomy, and physiology in early
museum of.
See
Museum of Alexandria
See
Museum of Alexandria
as new capital of Egypt
periods of
philosophical underpinnings of
as Ptolemy’s choice for capital of Egypt
in seventh century AD
Alexandria and Her Schools
(Kingley)
(Kingley)
Alexandrian Library, The
(Parsons)
(Parsons)
Alexandrine War
burning of Alexandrian library
final battle and death of Ptolemy taking of Pharos
Algebraic formulations of Diophantus of Alexandria
Almagest
(Claudius Ptolemy)
(Claudius Ptolemy)
Ambrose of Alexandria
Ammon
as divine father of Alexander the Great
temple of
Ammonius (Nitrian monk)
Ammonius (priest)
Ammonius Saccas
Ammon temple
Amr ibn al-Asi
Amyntas , King
Anabasis
(Arrian)
(Arrian)
Anachoresis
Analogeticists
Anatomy, physiology, and medicine
establishment of school of
Galen.
See
Galen
See
Galen
Anaximander
Andromachus
Andronicus Palaeologus, Emperor
Andronicus of Cyrrhus
Anti-Christian purges
Antigonids
Anti-Jewish pogroms
Antikythera mechanism
Antikythera wreck
Antiochus Theos
Antiochus
Antiquities
(Varro)
(Varro)
Antirrhodos
Antonius, Aurelius.
See
Caracalla
See
Caracalla
Antony, Mark
and Cleopatra
Pergamum library as gift to Cleopatra
war against Octavian
Antony and Cleopatra
(Shakespeare)
(Shakespeare)
Apis
Apis bull
Apollonius (finance minister of Ptolemy )
Apollonius of Rhodes
Appian
Arcesilaus
Archimedean screw
Archimedes
Aristarchus’s book on heliocentric universe referenced by
compound pulley developed by
death of
friendship with Eratosthenes and Conon
and hydrostatics
odometer of
possible computer (Antikythera mechanism) of
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