Museum of Alexandria
in Augustus Caesar’s time
change in academic life with shift to mystical religion
founding of
and fury of Caracalla
Ptolemy ’s rebuilding of
under Ptolemy
Nauplius
Necropic Gate
Neoplatonism
Nestorius
New Testament
Newton, Isaac
“Newton the Man” (Keynes)
Nicene Creed
Nicon
Nitrian monks
Novation sect
Octavian
Alexandria after conquest by-
conquest of Alexandria by
death of Cleopatra
war against Antony
Odometer, Archimedes’ invention of
Odyssey (Homer)
Oeconomica (Aristotle)
Of Medicine (Celsus)
Olympius
Omar
Omen machine of Hero of Alexandria
On Ancient Comedy (Eratosthenes)
On Animals (Philo of Alexandria)
On Automata (Hero of Alexandria)
On Comedy (Lycophron)
On Dreams (Philo of Alexandria)
On Drunkenness (Philo of Alexandria)
On Fire (Theophrastus)
On First Principles (Origen)
On Flight and Finding (Philo of Alexandria)
On Joseph (Philo of Alexandria)
On Martyrdom (Origen)
On Mathematics Useful for the Understanding of Plato (Theon of Smyrna)
On Mixtures (Galen)
On Providence (Philo of Alexandria)
On Signs and the Examination of Birds and the Croaking of Ravens (Theon)
On Signs of Weather (Theophrastus)
On Stones (Theophrastus)
On Sweat (Theophrastus)
On Swooning (Theophrastus)
On the Creation of the World (Philo of Alexandria)
On the Difference of the Voice of Similar Animals (Theophrastus)
On the Face Which Appears on the Orb of the Moon (Plutarch)
On the Generation of Animals (Aristotle)
On the Incorruptibility of the World (Philo of Alexandria)
On the Liberty of the Wise (Philo of Alexandria)
On the Migration of Abraham (Philo of Alexandria)
On the Nature of the Gods (Cicero)
On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon (Aristarchus)
On the Unchangeableness of God (Philo of Alexandria)
On the Virtues (Philo of Alexandria)
Optics (Euclid)
Oracles
of Ammon at Siwa
omen machine of Hero of Alexandria
Orations (Dio Chrysostom)
Orations of St. Athanasius Against the Arians, The (Athanasius)
Orestes
Origen
rebuttal to and quoting of Celsus’s True Word
school of
works and philosophy of
youth and education of
Origins of the Islamic State, The (Al-Baladhuri)
Orosius, Paulus
Osiris
Osiris Apis. See Serapis
Osorapis
Paganism
Theodosius’s shutting of temples
Theophilus’s banning of
Palindrome
Palladas
Paneium
Pantaenus
Pappus
Papyrus monopoly of Alexandria
Parabolans
Parallel Lives (Plutarch)
Parsons, E. A.
Parthians
Pastoral idyll
Patroclus
Paul, Saint
Paulus of Alexandria
Pausanias
Perdiccas
assassination of
attack on Ptolemy at Fort of Camels
Pergamum
Persian rule of Egypt
Pharos
Pharsalia (Lucan)
Phidias
Philip , King
Philip Arrhidaeus
Philolaus
Philo of Alexandria
anti-Semitism under prefect Flaccus
on communal life
synthesis of Jewish and Greek philosophy
on tax collection
youth and education of
Philo of Byzantium
Physiology
establishment of school of
Galen. See Galen
Piccard, Jean
Pinakes (Callimachus)
Planetary Hypothesis (Ptolemy)
Planned economy of Ptolemy
Planudes, Maximos
Plato
on geometry and mathematics
on justice and knowledge
and Plotinus’s philosophy
as rationalist
on Thales
and types of government
Platonicus (Eratosthenes)
Platonism
Pleiades
Pliny
Plotinus
as influence on Christianity and other religions
pagan universe of
views on the Soul
Plutarch
on Alexander’s founding of Alexandria
on Antony and Cleopatra
on Archimedes
on burning of Alexandria’s library
on Caesar receiving Pompey’s head
on Cleanthes’ attack on Aristarchus
on Cleopatra
on death of Alexander
on layout of Alexandria
on Pompey
on relationship between Alexander and Aristotle
on Timon
Pneumatica (Hero of Alexandria)
Poetry
of Apollonius of Rhodes
of Callimachus
of Eratosthenes
under Ptolemy
of Theocritus
Politics (Aristotle)
Poll tax, Roman
Polybius
on Agathocles
on Ptolemy
on Sosibius
Pompey
Pope, Alexander
Porphyry
Port of Pirates
Poseidonius
Potheinos
Praeparatio Evangelica (Eusebius)
Price, Derek de Solla
Process and Reality (Whitehead)
Proclus
Proverbs (Zenobius)
Ptah
Ptolemaieia
Ptolemy
Aristotle’s influence on
book on life and campaigns of Alexander by
childhood of
and choice of Alexandria as capital
and Cleomenes
conquests of
defeat of Perdiccas at Fort of Camels
fusion of Greek and Egyptian religious customs into new cult of Serapis under
kidnapping of body of Alexander-
and library and museum of Alexandria
and monarchy as choice of government
as satrap of Egypt
as savior and new Greek pharaoh of Egypt
Ptolemy
building projects of
festivals and parades of
incestuous marriage of
lighthouse on Pharos built by
planned economy of Egypt under
poetry under
temple building under
Ptolemy
book collection policy of
war in Middle East
Ptolemy
death of
defeat of armies of Antiochus by
Eratosthenes as tutor of
literary backdrop to reign of
revolt against
succession of
Ptolemy
Ptolemy
Ptolemy
and Alexandrine War
assassination of Pompey
Ptolemy
Ptolemy, Claudius
on astrology
astronom
ical textbook of
background of
geography of
Punic Wars
First Punic War
Third Punic War
Pythagoras
mathematical universe of
school of
youth and education of
Rameses the Great
Rape of the Lock, The (Pope)
Rationalist
Relation of a Journey Begun An. Dom. (Sandys)
Religion. See also Christianity; Jews Hero’s machinery in temples
Religion (cont.)
Ptolemy’s fusing of Greek and Egyptian religious customs into new cult of Serapis
Roman view of
temple building under Ptolemy
Religious Meditations: Of Heresies (Bacon)
Resurrection, Origen on
Rhakotis
Right living
Roman History (Cassius Dio)
Rome
Alexandrine War. See Alexandrine War
Caligula
Caracalla. See Caracalla
expansionism of
Julius Caesar. See Caesar, Julius
march on and siege of Syracuse
Marcus Aurelius
Mark Antony. See Antony, Mark
Octavian. See Octavian
Punic Wars. See Punic Wars
religious view of
Septimius Severus
taxation by
Rome, A.
Rosetta stone
Rufus, Quintus Curtius
Sand Reckoner, The (Archimedes)
Sandys, George
Scientific American
Sebasteum (Caesarium)
Secret of Secrets (John of Seville)
Select Epigrams of the Greek Anthology (MacKail)
Seleucids
Antiochus ’s war against Ptolemy
Seleucus (assassin of Perdiccas)
Seleucus (follower of Aristarchus)
Semicircle
Septuagint
Serapeum
under Ptolemy
Theophilus’s attack on and probable destruction of library at
Serapeum de Memphis, La (Mariette)
Serapis
image of
powers of
Seven Books of History Against the Pagans (Orosius)
Severus, Septimius
Severus of Al-Ashumein
Shaikh, Yusuf Ibn al-
Shakespeare, William
Shelley, Percy Bysshe
Shipbuilding center, Alexandria as
Silex Scintillans (Vaughan)
Skeptics
Sleepwalkers, The (Koestler)
Slot machine of Hero of Alexandria
Socrates
ethics and morality in philosophy of
trial and execution of
Socrates Scholasticus
on Arius
on Cyril’s actions
on Hypatia
Sosibius
Sostratus the Cnidian
Sotades
Soul
Origen on
Plotinus on
Stadiatos, Elias
Stage machinery of Hero of Alexandria
Staïs, Valerios
State of harmony (maat)
Steam engine of Hero of Alexandria
Stereometrica (Hero of Alexandria)
Stoics
Strabo
on benefits of Alexandria’s location
on lighthouse
nature and measurements of earth by Eratosthenes
on temple of Serapis
Strato of Lampsacus
Street of the Soma
Stromata (Clement of Alexandria)
Strozzi, Palla
Sulla
Synagoge (Pappus)
Synesius of Cyrene
Syracuse, Sicily
Roman siege of
Temple building under Ptolemy
Temple of Hathor at Dendera
Temple of Horus at Edfu
Temple of Isis at Philae
Tennyson, Alfred Lord
Tetrabiblos (Claudius Ptolemy)
Thales of Miletus
Diogenes on
as founder of natural philosophy
Thalia (Arius)
Thaumaturgus, Gregory
Theaetetus (Plato)
Theater, stage machinery of Hero of Alexandria and
Theocritus
Theodosius (archbishop)
Theodosius (emperor)
Theodotus of Chois
Theon
background of
eclipses predicted by
works and philosophy of
Theon of Smyrna (quoting Eratosthenes)
Theopemptus
Theophilus
attack on pagans and Serapeum by
coexistence of Hypatia’s school with antipaganism of
death of
Theophrastus
Theosophical Society
Therapeutae
Third Punic War
Thoreau, Henry David
Thoth
Thucydides
Thyrsis (Arnold)
Tiberius
Tilt of earth’s axis calculated by Eratosthenes
Timonium
Timotheus
“To Ironfounders and Others” (Bottomley)
Tolstoy, Leo
Tower of the Winds
Trade
under Ptolemy
success of Alexandria based on
Travels in Asia and Africa (Ibn Battuta)
True Word, Logos. See Logos, the Word
True Word, The (Celsus)
Tusculan Disputations (Cicero)
Tutankhamen
Universalism
Valentine, Saint
Valentinian
Varia Historia (Aelian)
Varro
Vaughan, Henry
Verus, Lucius
Vesalius, Andreas
Vitruvius Pollio, Marcus
“Voyage of Life, The” (Palladas)
War and Peace (Tolstoy)
Water clock, of Ctesibius
Water supply of Alexandria
Weights and Measures (Epiphanius)
Whitehead, Alfred North
Wisdom of Solomon, The
Women in Greece and Rome (Lefkowitz and Fant)
Zenobius
Zeus
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