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• Callimachus — (Greek: polytonic|Καλλίμαχος, 310 BC/305 BC 240 BC) was a native of the Greek colony of Cyrene, Libya. He was a noted poet, critic and scholar of the Library of Alexandria and enjoyed the patronage of ancient Egyptian Greek Pharaohs Ptolemy II… …   Wikipedia

• Callimachus — /keuh lim euh keuhs/, n. c310 c240 B.C., Greek poet, grammarian, and critic. * * * I born с 305, Cyrene, North Africa died с 240 BC Greek poet and scholar. He migrated to Egypt, where he worked at the Library of Alexandria. Of his voluminous… …   Universalium

• Callimachus (sculptor) — For the Alexandrian poet and keeper of the Museum, see Callimachus of Cyrene .Callimachus (Greek: Καλλίμαχος) was an architect and sculptor working in the second half of the 5th century BC in the manner established by Polyclitus. He was credited… …   Wikipedia

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• Demetrius the Fair — For the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon. Demetrius the Fair or surnamed The Handsome (Greek: Δημήτριος ὁ Καλός, around 285 BC 249 BC or 250 BC), also known in modern ancient historical sources as Demetrius of Cyrene …   Wikipedia

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• Alexandria, The Library Of —    Created in the third century BC by Ptolemy I Soter, the king of Egypt. At its peak, it contained over 500,000 volumes covering mathematics, physics, biology, astronomy, literature, geography and medicine. An annex in the Temple of Serapis… …   The writer's dictionary of science fiction, fantasy, horror and mythology

• Hellenistic Age — In the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East, the period between the death of Alexander the Great (323 BC) and the conquest of Egypt by Rome (30 BC). Alexander and his successors established Greek monarchies that controlled the area from… …   Universalium

• Charon's obol — Charon and Psyche (1883), a pre Raphaelite interpretation of the myth by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope Charon s obol is an allusive term for the coin placed in or on the mouth[1] of a dead person before burial. According to …   Wikipedia

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• Philostephanus — is also a genus of plant bugs among the Miridae .Philostephanus of Cyrene (Philostephanus Cyrenaeus [He is referred to once, mistakenly, by Aulus Gellius, as Polystephanus . (FHG); Aulus Gellius found an old manuscript of Polystephanus at… …   Wikipedia