Pinakes
Sign in to savethumb|Imaginary depiction of the Library of Alexandria The Pinakes ( 'tables', plural of pinax) is a lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the third century BCE.
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- Author
- Manouēl Iō Gedeōn
- First published
- 1890
- Editions
- 3
- Subjects
- Patriarchs and patriarchate, History, Biography, Constantinople (Ecumenical patriarchate), Orthodoxos Ekklēsia tēs Hellados, Bishops, Orthodox Eastern Church, Patriarch
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- library catalog
- Author
- Callimachus
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Country of origin
- Ancient Egypt
- Creator
- Callimachus
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- inception
- 0300-00-00
- language of work or name
- Ancient Greek
- title
- Πίνακες
- different from
- pinax
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- History
- Description
- Later bibliographic ''pinakes''
- Legacy
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Texts and translations
- Studies
thumb|Imaginary depiction of the Library of Alexandria The Pinakes ( 'tables', plural of pinax) is a lost bibliographic work composed by Callimachus (310/305–240 BCE) that is popularly considered to be the first library catalog in the West; its contents were based upon the holdings of the Library of Alexandria during Callimachus's tenure there during the third century BCE.
==History==
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