The Origin of the Library in Ancient Greece and Rome (Revising Traditional Views)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52340/atsu.2024.23.01.14Keywords:
library, origin, Greek, Roman, revisionAbstract
There are several well-known stories about the origins of the ancient Greek library, but we believe they are somewhat flawed. First of all, we would like to point out the fact that the existence of lyceums at the time of Aristotle is not confirmed, and therefore, the books of the philosopher, who is considered the first creator of the library, should probably have been placed in different places. We focus on these types of controversial views in this article.
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