Forged from a partnership between a university press and a library, project muse is a trusted part of the academic and scholarly community it serves. Casson also puts his well researched data into the context of time and place of the ancient world. Travel in the ancient world by casson, lionel, 1914publication date 1974 topics travel, ancient publisher toronto, hakkert. Libraries through the ages download ebook pdf, epub. Lionel casson author of libraries in the ancient world. The fierce, forgotten library wars of the ancient world. His book about libraries in the ancient world was published by yale university press in 2001 hardcover and 2002 paperback.
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The library was part of a larger research institution called the mouseion, which was dedicated to the muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. Lionel casson is professor emeritus of classics, new york university, and the author of ships and seamanship in the ancient world as well as many other books on ancient maritime history and ancient travel. Lionel casson was a professor emeritus of classics at new york university. Download libraries in the ancient world pdf by lionel casson. The library of alexandria was one of the few libraries in the ancient greek world. Mar 31, 2017 lionel casson is professor emeritus of classics, new york university, and the author of ships and seamanship in the ancient world as well as many other books on ancient maritime history and ancient travel. Classicist lionel casson takes us on a tour from the royal libraries of the ancient near east, through the private and public libraries of greece and rome, down. Libraries in the ancient world mesopotamia assyria scribd. Telling the story of ancient libraries from their very beginnings, when books were clay tablets, a renowned classicist takes readers on a lively tour from the royal libraries of the ancient near east to the. Lionel casson offers a delightful pilgrimage back to the earliest libraries, to the bright beginnings of recorded human intellect. Buy libraries in the ancient world by lionel casson from waterstones today.
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