Mouseion

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Mouseion

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Μουσεῖον (Mouseîon).

proper noun the Mouseion · Museum · Musaeum

historical An ancient institution said to have been founded by Ptolemy I Soter (c. 369–282 BCE) as a place for music, poetry and philosophy, including the Library of Alexandria. These were stored at the Mouseion, a shrine to the Muses modeled after Aristotle’s Lyceum. Aristotle’s own book collection was said to be among the holdings.

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@misc{mouseion_2026,
  title = {Mouseion},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mouseion},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}