Mouseion

Mouseion

English

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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

Proper noun

the Mouseion

  2. (historical) An ancient institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter as a place for music, poetry and philosophy, including the Library of Alexandria.

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