The Alexandrian tradition

by Luis Arturo Guichard

"This book is the outcome of the conference 'Imperial Alexandria: Interactions between Science, Religion and Literature,' held at Salamanca University in October 2011. The conference convened a group of experts from different fields to address the interrelationship between science, religion and literature in the Graeco-Roman world during the Imperial Period, and especially in Alexandria, situating it within the context of the long tradition of knowledge that had been consolidating itself in this city, above all during the Hellenistic era. The encounter's main aim was to create a forum for...