English Explanatory Dictionary

Mouseion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Word forms

Mouseion the Mouseion Museum Musaeum

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

Related words

museum
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