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The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world. The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts. [10] The idea of a universal library in Alexandria may have been proposed ...
Alexandria's Genesis is a purported genetic mutation that gives its carrier purple eyes, shimmering pale skin, a lack of body hair, and a lack of menstruation while still remaining fertile. The legend originated in a Daria fanfiction written in 1998, and since the 2000s has seen circulation on internet forums and social media.
Philo was a leading writer of the Hellenistic Jewish community in Alexandria, Egypt. He wrote expansively in Koine Greek on the intersection of philosophy, politics, and religion in his time; specifically, he explored the connections between Greek Platonic philosophy and late Second Temple Judaism.
Alexander disease is a genetic disorder affecting the midbrain and cerebellum of the central nervous system. It is caused by mutations in the gene for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) [ 4][ 5][ 6] that maps to chromosome 17q 21. It is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner, such that the child of a parent with the disease has a 50% ...
De opificio mundi. The De opificio mundi ( On the Creation of the Cosmos) is a treatise on the Genesis creation narrative (Genesis 1–3) by Philo of Alexandria, a first-century Jewish philosopher. It is the first surviving example of a genre of literature known as the Hexaemeral literature, although it was not the first to have ever been ...
e. Titus Flavius Clemens, also known as Clement of Alexandria ( Ancient Greek: Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; c. 150 – c. 215 AD ), [ 4] was a Christian theologian and philosopher who taught at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Among his pupils were Origen and Alexander of Jerusalem.
Theophilus of Alexandria was sympathetic to the supporters of Origen [1] and the church historian, Sozomen, records that he had openly preached the Origenist teaching that God was incorporeal. [13] In his Festal Letter of 399, he denounced those who believed that God had a literal, human-like body, calling them illiterate "simple ones".
History of Alexandria. The history of Alexandria dates back to the city's founding, by Alexander the Great, in 331 BC. [1] Yet, before that, there were some big port cities just east of Alexandria, at the western edge of what is now Abu Qir Bay. The Canopic (westernmost) branch of the Nile Delta still existed at that time, and was widely used ...