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Library of Alexandria

Ptolemy VIII appointed a man named Cydas as head librarian

090s BC
Alexandria, Egypt

Several of the later Ptolemies used the position of the head librarian as a mere political plum to reward their most devoted supporters. Ptolemy VIII appointed a man named Cydas, one of his palace guards, as head librarian.


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