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Under which Ptolemaic king was the Library of Alexandria founded?
Ptolemy I Soter — one of Alexander's senior generals who took Egypt at Alexander's death in 323 BC — founded the Library and its associated research institute, the Mouseion, in the early 3rd century BC. The major expansion came under his son Ptolemy II Philadelphus, who reportedly authorized agents to buy or seize every Greek-language book in the Mediterranean world.
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The Library of Alexandria The Library of Alexandria was the largest collection of texts in the ancient Mediterranean. It was founded by the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt in the early 3rd century BC and declined gradually over the following six centuries. The single-fire-destroys-everything story is a myth.
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