Ptolemaic Kingdom - Literary golden period
Time: 1st Millenium BC
Place: Alexandria, Egypt
Details: During Alexandria's brief literary golden period, c. 280–240 BC, the Library subsidized three poets—Callimachus, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Theocritus—whose work now represents the best of Hellenistic literature.
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