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Jesus
Arius on nature of
Celsus on
dining with tax collector
preaching of faith
Jews
anti-Semitism under prefect Flaccus
Cyril’s expulsion of
in first-century-AD Alexandria
in fourth-century-AD Alexandria
Jewish quarter of Alexandria
and Philo of Alexandria’s works.
See
Philo of Alexandria
translation of Bible into Greek for library of Alexandria
John, bishop of Nikiu
John of Seville
Jondet, Gaston
Juba , King
Julian calendar
Jupiter
Justice, Plato on
Justinian, Emperor
 
Kepler, Johannes
Keynes, John Maynard
Khosrau , Emperor
Kingsley, Charles
Knowledge, Plato on
Koestler, Arthur
Kondos, Dimitrios
Kühn . G.
 
Lagus
Lake Mareotis
Lampo
Laodice
Larensis
Latitude, Claudius Ptolemy’s development of
Lawrence . H.
Laws
(Plato)
Layout of Alexandria
Learned Banquet, The
(Athenaeus of Naucratis)
Lefkowitz, Mary R.
Lemprière, John
Leonides
Lepidus
Letters of Synesius
Letter to Porphyry
(Eustochius of Alexandria)
Lewis . S.
Library classification system of Callimachus
Library of Alexandria -
Bar-Hebraeus’s story regarding fate of
burning of library by Caesar
classification system of Callimachus
Demetrius’s work for Ptolemy in establishing
fate of
founding of
and fury of Caracalla
librarians of
Ptolemy ’s construction of
Serapeum.
See
Serapeum
translation of Bible for
Library of History
(Diodorus)
Libyan Ammon cult
Life of Alexander,
in
Parallel Lives
(Plutarch)
Life of Isidore
(Damascius)
Life of Moses, The
(Philo of Alexandria)
Life of Pythagoras, The
(Iamblichus)
Lighthouse on Pharos
Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, The
(Diogenes Laertius)
Lives of the Fathers
(Farrar)
Livy
Logos, the Word
Longitude, Claudius Ptolemy’s development of
Los Caprichos
(Goya)
Lucan
Lucian
Lyceum
Aristotle’s establishment of
Theophrastus at
Lycidas
(Milton)
Lycophron
Lysanias
Lysimachos, King
 
Maat (state of harmony)
Macedonians
assassination of Perdiccas
Ptolemy’s defeat of Perdiccas at Fort of Camels
Machinery of Hero of Alexandria
MacKail, J. W.
Maecianus, Lucius
Malalas
Malchus of Tyros
Manetho
Manuwil
Mapmaking
of Eratosthenes
of Ptolemy
Marcellus
Mariette, Auguste
Mark, Saint
Markets, development of
Martial
Marti-Ibanez, F.
Mathematical Collection
(Pappus)
Mathematics
of Diophantus of Alexandria
of Eratosthenes
of Euclid
of Hero
of Pythagoras
Mathematikoi
Mausolus, King
Mechanica
(Hero of Alexandria)
Medicine
establishment of school of
Galen.
See
Galen
Memphis, Egypt
Alexander’s body in
Apis bull in
capital of Egypt moved from Memphis to Alexandria
Menes
Metallurgy
Metaphysics
(Aristotle)
Methodists
Metrica
(Hero of Alexandria)
Millay, Edna St. Vincent
Milton, John
“Missing Dates” (Empson)
Mithradates of Pergamum
Mithraism
Moralia
(Plutarch)
Moral philosophy
More, Thomas
Moses
Muhammad
Mummification
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
astronomical 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

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