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Bibliography to the Great Libraries of Alexandria
Primary sources
Where no details are given, the work is found in the widely
available Loeb Classical Library which includes an English translation.
Except where noted all bibliographic data also refers to an English translation.
Achilles Tatius Leukippe and Kleitophon
Ammianus Marcellinus Roman History
Aphthonius Progymnasmata trans. Heath, 1997 <http://www.leeds.ac.uk/classics/resources/rhetoric/prog-aph.htm>
(20th August, 2001)
Athenaeus Deipnosophist
Aulus Gellius Attic Nights
Clement of Alexandria Exhortation to the Heathen in Ante-Nicene
Fathers eds. Wace and Schaff, Peabody, 1996 <http://www.ccel.org/fathers2>
(20th August, 2001)
Dio Cassius Roman History
Diogenes Laertius Lives of Eminent Philosophers
Epiphanius Weights and Measures in Patrologiae Graecae Cursus
Completus ed. Migne (with Latin translation), Paris, 1857-66
Eutropius Compendium of Roman History
Evagrius History of the Church trans. Whitby, Liverpool, 2000
Florus Epitome of Roman History
Galen Commentary on the Epidemics of Hippocrates in Opera Omnia
ed. Kuhn (with Latin translation), Hildsheim, 1964-5
Georgius Syncellus Chronicle ed. Jacobi (with Latin translation), Venice,
1729
Hermias Sozomen History of the Church in Nicene and Post-Nicene
Fathers eds. Wace and Schaff, Peabody, 1996 <http://www.ccel.org/fathers2>
(20th August, 2001)
Irenaeus Against Heresies in Ante-Nicene Fathers eds. Wace and
Schaff, Peabody, 1996 <http://www.ccel.org/fathers2> (20th August, 2001)
Jerome Lives of Illustrious Men in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
eds. Wace and Schaff, Peabody, 1996 <http://www.ccel.org/fathers2> (20th August,
2001)
John Chrysostom Homilies against the Jews trans. Harkins, Washington,
1979
John of Nikiou Chronicle trans. Charles, London, 1916
Josephus Jewish Antiquities
Julian Letters
Julius Caesar The Alexandrine War
Julius Caesar The Civil Wars
Lucan The Civil War
Paulus Orosius History Against the Pagans in Patrologiae Latinae
Cursus Completus ed. Migne (with Latin translation), Paris, 1844-55
Philo Embassy from the Jews to Gaius in Works of Philo trans.
Yonge, Peabody, 1983
Philo Life of Moses in Works of Philo trans. Yonge, Peabody, 1983
Plutarch Life of Antony
Plutarch Life of Julius Caesar
Polybius History of Rome
Rufinus Tyrannius History of the Church trans. Amidon, New York, 1997
Seneca the Younger Dialogue on the Tranquillity of the Mind
Socrates Scholasticus History of the Church in Nicene and Post-Nicene
Fathers eds. Wace and Schaff, Peabody, 1996 <http://www.ccel.org/fathers2>
(20th August, 2001)
Strabo Geography
The Suda ed. Gaisford (with Latin translation) London, 1853
Suetonius The Twelve Caesars
Synesius of Cyrene Letters, Essays and Hymns trans. Fitzgerald, 1926-30
<http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/5164/synesius.html> (20th August,
2001)
Tertullian Apology in Ante-Nicene Fathers eds. Wace and Schaff,
Peabody, 1996 <http://www.ccel.org/fathers2> (20th August, 2001)
Theodoret History of the Church in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
eds. Wace and Schaff, Peabody, 1996 <http://www.ccel.org/fathers2> (20th August,
2001)
Vitruvius On Architecture
Secondary bibliography
Blum, Rudolf Kallimachos: the Alexandrian Library and the
Origins of Bibliography Madison, 1991
Butler, Alfred J The Arab Conquest of Egypt Oxford, 1978
Canfora, Luciano The Vanished Library Berkeley, 1989
Casson, Lionel Libraries in the Ancient World London, 2001
El-Abbadi, Mustafa The Life and Fate of the Ancient Library of Alexandria
Paris 1992
Ellis, Walter Ptolemy of Egypt London, 1994
Fraser, Peter M Ptolemaic Alexandria Oxford, 1972
Gibbon, Edward History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
London, 1996
Guidoboni, Emanulela Catalogue of Ancient Earthquakes Rome, 1994
Haas, Christopher Alexandria in Late Antiquity: Topography and Social
Conflict London, 1997
Hornblower, Simon and Spawforth, Anthoy (eds) Oxford Classical Dictionary
3rd Edition Oxford, 1996
Kennedy, George A Greek Rhetoric Under the Christian Emperors Princeton,
1983
Macleod, Roy M (ed) The Library of Alexandria: Centre of Learning in the
Ancient World London, 2000
Parsons, Edward A The Alexandrian Library, Glory of the Hellenistic Word: Its
Rise, Antiquities and Destructions London, 1952
Rowe, Alan Discovery of the Famous Temple and Enclosure of Serapis at
Alexandria Paris 1946
Russell, Donald A Plutarch London, 1973
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10 September, 2011
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