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Pinakes
Ancient catalogue of the Library of Alexandria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Pinakes (Ancient Greek: Πίνακες 'tables', plural of πίναξ 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.[1]
For votive tablets, see Pinax.
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