The Strange Library by Haruki Murakami

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• The Library of Pergamum was constructed in the third century B.C. by members of the Attalid dynasty in modern-day Turkey.
• It was housed in a temple complex devoted to Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom.
• The ancient chronicler Pliny the Elder said the Library of Pergamum ...

The Musaeum, or "shrine of the Muses," from where we get the word museum, included a lengthy roofed walkway and a large communal dining hall, where scholars dined and shared ideas. The scholars were salaried employees, received free room and board, and paid no taxes.

The Musaeum contained ...