A catalogue of the Library of Alexandria, as far as it can be rebuilt, 31 October 2026

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The catalogue as a list

Every work on our shelves in one table: 185 works, 88 of them in Callimachus's cupboards, the rest on the table of the city or the ledge, and 16 of them lost. Each row gives the class it stands in, its author and date, whether and how it survives, how sure we are that it was in Alexandria, where it lies on our shelves, how its placement is known, and how many of the show's doorways lead to it.

Callimachus's own placement is attested for only a few works; for the others the class is inferred or ours, and the table says which. Sort by any column, or narrow the list by class, by survival or by where a work lies. The same list prints as a clean catalogue with its date.

185 of 185 works.

Class	Author	Title	Date	Survival	In Alexandria	Where it lies	Placement	In the show
Rhetoric	Dinarchus of Corinth	Speeches (Against Demosthenes, Against Aristogiton, Against Philocles, and others)	c. 336–292 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Callimachus's own	0
Laws	Aristotle and his school	Constitutions (158 states), including the Constitution of the Athenians	c. 330–322 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Laws	Gnathaena (attributed)	Table-Law (Rules of the Common Mess)	late 4th century BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Callimachus's own	0
Laws	Anonymous Jewish translators in Alexandria	The Greek Pentateuch (the Law; core of the Septuagint)	c. 280–250 BCE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Inferred	9
Laws	Athanasius of Alexandria	Thirty-Ninth Festal Letter	367 CE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	6
Epic and hexameter poetry	Homer	Iliad	c. 750–650 BCE (fixed in writing by the 6th century BCE)	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	1
Epic and hexameter poetry	Hesiod	Theogony	c. 700 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Homer	Odyssey	c. 725–625 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Various archaic poets	The Epic Cycle (Cypria, Aethiopis, Little Iliad, Sack of Troy, Returns, Telegony)	7th-6th century BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Anonymous (attributed to Homer in antiquity)	Homeric Hymns	c. 650–300 BCE (individual hymns vary)	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Attributed to Hesiod	Catalogue of Women (Ehoiai)	6th century BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Zenodotus of Ephesus	Edition (diorthosis) of Homer, and Homeric Glosses	c. 285–270 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Aratus of Soli	Phaenomena	c. 276 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Callimachus of Cyrene	Hymns	c. 280–245 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Theocritus of Syracuse	Idylls	c. 275–260 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Apollonius of Rhodes	Argonautica	c. 270–240 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Timon of Phlius	Silloi (Lampoons)	c. 270–235 BCE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Callimachus of Cyrene	Hecale	c. 260–240 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Eratosthenes of Cyrene	Hermes	c. 240–200 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	1
Epic and hexameter poetry	Various initiators (anonymous)	Dionysiac-Orphic Sacred Books (hieroi logoi) surrendered under Ptolemy IV's edict	deposited c. 215–205 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Aristarchus of Samothrace	Edition and Commentaries on Homer	c. 180–145 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Epic and hexameter poetry	Anonymous Egyptian Jewish author(s), speaking as the Sibyl	Sibylline Oracles, Book 3	core c. 163–145 BCE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	4
Epic and hexameter poetry	Pseudo-Manetho	Apotelesmatica	books composed c. 100–300 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	18
Epic and hexameter poetry	Nonnus of Panopolis	Dionysiaca	mid-5th century CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Alcman of Sparta	Maiden-Songs (Partheneia) and other poems	late 7th century BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Sappho of Lesbos	Poems (in nine books)	c. 600 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Pindar of Thebes	Odes (17 books in the Alexandrian edition)	c. 498–446 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Bacchylides of Ceos	Victory Odes and Dithyrambs	c. 485–450 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Callimachus's own	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Simonides of Ceos	Elegies, including the Plataea poem	c. 479 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Antimachus of Colophon	Lyde	c. 400 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Philitas of Cos	Demeter, and Disorderly Words (Ataktoi Glossai)	c. 300–290 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Callimachus of Cyrene	Epigrams	c. 280–240 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Posidippus of Pella	Epigrams (the Milan Posidippus roll)	c. 280–240 BCE (roll copied c. 230–200 BCE)	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Callimachus of Cyrene	Iambi	c. 270–250 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Herodas (Herondas)	Mimiambi (Mimes)	c. 270–250 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	On the ledge	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Callimachus of Cyrene	Aetia (Causes)	c. 270–245 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Callimachus of Cyrene	Ibis	3rd century BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Callimachus of Cyrene	The Lock of Berenice	c. 245 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Anonymous; claims to copy a stele at Memphis	Aretalogy of Isis ('I am Isis')	Greek inscriptions 1st century BCE - 2nd century CE; original perhaps Ptolemaic	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Palladas of Alexandria	Epigrams	early 4th century CE (re-dated from c. 400)	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Lyric (melic) poetry	Arius of Alexandria	Thalia (Banquet)	c. 320s CE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	6
Tragedy	Aeschylus	Tragedies (seven survive)	c. 499–456 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Tragedy	Sophocles	Tragedies and the satyr-play Trackers	c. 468–406 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Tragedy	Euripides	Tragedies (eighteen or nineteen survive)	c. 455–406 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Tragedy	Lycophron, Alexander Aetolus, Homerus of Byzantium, Sositheus, Philicus and others	Tragedies of the Alexandrian 'Pleiad'	c. 285–246 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Tragedy	Attributed to Lycophron of Chalcis	Alexandra	early 3rd or early 2nd century BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Tragedy	Callimachus of Cyrene	Table and Register of Dramatic Poets, in Chronological Order from the Beginning	c. 260–240 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Callimachus's own	0
Tragedy	Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides (state copy made under Lycurgus)	The Athenian official copy of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides	copy made c. 330 BCE; acquired under Ptolemy III (246–222 BCE)	Lost	Legend	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Tragedy	Ezekiel the Tragedian	Exagoge (The Leading Out)	2nd century BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	4
Comedy	Aristophanes of Athens	Comedies (eleven survive)	427–386 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Comedy	Menander of Athens	Comedies (Dyskolos, Samia, Aspis, Epitrepontes and others)	c. 321–291 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Comedy	Machon of Corinth or Sicyon	Anecdotes (Chreiai) and comedies	mid-3rd century BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Inferred	0
History	Herodotus of Halicarnassus	Histories	c. 430 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	9
History	Hecataeus of Abdera	On the Egyptians (Aegyptiaca)	c. 320–305 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
History	Megasthenes	Indica	c. 300–290 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
History	Ptolemy I Soter	History of Alexander	c. 300–283 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
History	Berossus of Babylon	Babyloniaca	c. 290–278 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
History	Manetho of Sebennytos	Aegyptiaca (History of Egypt) and the Sacred Book	c. 285–246 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	12
History	Artapanus	On the Jews (fragments)	3rd-2nd century BCE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	4
History	Hermippus of Smyrna, 'the Callimachean'	Lives (of lawgivers, the Seven Sages, Pythagoras, philosophers) and On the Magi	c. 240–200 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
History	Eratosthenes of Cyrene	Chronographiai and Olympic Victors	c. 230–200 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	1
History	Callixenus of Rhodes	On Alexandria (the Grand Procession of Ptolemy II; Ptolemy IV's ships)	2nd century BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the ledge	Inferred	0
History	Anonymous Alexandrian Jew, writing as 'Aristeas', a courtier of Ptolemy II	Letter of Aristeas to Philocrates	c. 200–100 BCE (most date it to the mid-2nd century BCE)	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	4
History	Anonymous (presented as translated from Egyptian)	The Oracle of the Potter	2nd century BCE origin; Greek papyri 2nd-3rd century CE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	0
History	Apollodorus of Athens	On the Gods, and Chronicle	c. 150–120 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
History	Diodorus Siculus	Library of History	c. 60–30 BCE	Survives in large part	Conjectured	On the ledge	Inferred	9
History	Philo of Alexandria	On the Life of Moses	c. 20–40 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	7
History	Apion of Alexandria	Aegyptiaca, and Homeric Glosses	c. 20–45 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
History	Chaeremon of Alexandria	History of Egypt, On Hieroglyphs, and other works	c. 30–60 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
History	Philo of Alexandria	Against Flaccus and On the Embassy to Gaius	c. 40–41 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	7
History	Anonymous (school chrestomathy)	List of the Chief Librarians (P.Oxy. X 1241)	2nd century CE copy	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	0
History	Pseudo-Callisthenes (anonymous)	Alexander Romance (Life of Alexander of Macedon)	recension A c. 300 CE, from Hellenistic Alexandrian material	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
History	Damascius	Philosophical History (Life of Isidore)	c. 520s CE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	11
Philosophy	Heraclitus of Ephesus	On Nature (the 'book' of Heraclitus)	c. 500 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Philosophy	Empedocles of Acragas	On Nature and Purifications	c. 460–440 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Philosophy	Democritus of Abdera	Works of Democritus, and Callimachus's Table of his Glosses and Writings	c. 430–370 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Callimachus's own	0
Philosophy	Plato	Dialogues (arranged in trilogies by Aristophanes of Byzantium)	c. 399–347 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Philosophy	Plato	Timaeus	c. 360 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	10
Philosophy	Aristotle	On Philosophy (dialogue)	c. 350 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Philosophy	Aristotle, Theophrastus and the Peripatetics	The library of Aristotle and Theophrastus (Neleus's books)	collected c. 340–287 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Philosophy	Theophrastus of Eresus	On Piety	c. 320–300 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Philosophy	Demetrius of Phalerum (attributed)	Sayings of the Seven Sages	c. 300 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Philosophy	Pseudo-Zoroaster (Greek pseudepigrapha)	The 'two million lines' of Zoroaster, as indexed by Hermippus	catalogued c. 240–200 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Philosophy	Anonymous Egyptian priests	The Book of Thoth (Demotic)	copies 1st-2nd century CE; composition probably Ptolemaic	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	15
Philosophy	Aristobulus of Alexandria	Explanations of the Law of Moses (fragments), with the Jewish 'Testament of Orpheus'	c. 175–150 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	4
Philosophy	Jesus son of Sirach; translated by his grandson	Wisdom of Ben Sira in Greek, with the translator's prologue	Hebrew c. 180 BCE; Greek after 132 BCE in Egypt	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	4
Philosophy	'Timaeus of Locri' (pseudonymous)	On the Nature of the World and the Soul	1st century BCE - 1st century CE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Philosophy	Anonymous Alexandrian Jew, writing as Solomon	Wisdom of Solomon	1st century BCE - early 1st century CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	4
Philosophy	Eudorus of Alexandria	Fragments (on Plato's Timaeus, on the Pythagorean One, on ethics)	fl. c. 30–25 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Philosophy	Philo of Alexandria	Allegorical Interpretation (and the Allegorical Commentary on Genesis)	c. 20–40 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	7
Philosophy	Philo of Alexandria	On the Creation of the World	c. 20–40 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	7
Philosophy	Philo of Alexandria	On the Contemplative Life	c. 30–40 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	7
Philosophy	Anonymous, under the names of Hermes, Tat, Asclepius and Ammon	Corpus Hermeticum II-XVIII	1st-3rd century CE; collected in Byzantium by the 11th century	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	41
Philosophy	Anonymous, under the name of Hermes Trismegistus	Poimandres (Corpus Hermeticum I)	1st-3rd century CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	41
Philosophy	Anonymous, under the name of Didymus Judas Thomas	Gospel of Thomas (Greek fragments from Oxyrhynchus)	composed 1st-2nd century CE; Greek copies c. 200–250	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	9
Philosophy	Anonymous	Gospel according to the Egyptians	early-mid 2nd century CE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	9
Philosophy	Anonymous, under the names of Hermes and Isis	Hermetic excerpts in Stobaeus, including the Kore Kosmou (Daughter of the Cosmos)	2nd-3rd century CE; anthologized c. 450	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	41
Philosophy	Basilides of Alexandria	Exegetica (24 books on the Gospel)	c. 120–140 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	15
Philosophy	Valentinus	Homilies, Letters and Psalms (fragments)	c. 120–160 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the ledge	Ours	13
Philosophy	Anonymous (Sethian tradition)	The Secret Book (Apocryphon) of John	2nd century CE; Coptic copies 4th-5th century	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	17
Philosophy	Epiphanes, son of Carpocrates	On Righteousness	c. 130–150 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	9
Philosophy	Isidore, son of Basilides	Ethics, On the Attached Soul, and Expositions of the Prophet Parchor	c. 130–160 CE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the table of the city	Ours	15
Philosophy	Anonymous Valentinian (possibly Valentinus)	The Gospel of Truth (Nag Hammadi Codex I,3 and XII,2)	c. 140–180 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	19
Philosophy	Heracleon	Commentary on the Gospel of John	c. 150–180 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	9
Philosophy	Anonymous, under the name of Hermes Trismegistus	Asclepius (The Perfect Discourse)	Greek original 2nd-3rd century CE; Latin version by the 4th century	Survives only in translation	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	41
Philosophy	Anonymous Hermetic authors	Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth, and the Prayer of Thanksgiving (Nag Hammadi Codex VI,6-7)	Greek originals 2nd-3rd century CE; Coptic copies c. 350	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	46
Philosophy	Clement of Alexandria	Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus)	c. 195 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	11
Philosophy	Attributed to Clement of Alexandria	Letter to Theodore, quoting a 'Secret Gospel of Mark'	c. 200 CE if genuine; copied in the 18th century	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the table of the city	Ours	11
Philosophy	Clement of Alexandria, excerpting the Valentinian teacher Theodotus	Excerpts from Theodotus	c. 190–210 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	17
Philosophy	Origen of Alexandria	On First Principles	c. 220–230 CE	Survives only in translation	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	11
Philosophy	Origen of Alexandria	Commentary on the Gospel of John	begun c. 231 CE in Alexandria; continued in Caesarea	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	11
Philosophy	Plotinus	Enneads	written 253–270 CE in Rome; edited by Porphyry c. 301	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	31
Philosophy	Iamblichus of Chalcis, writing as the Egyptian priest Abammon	On the Mysteries (Reply of Abammon to Porphyry's Letter to Anebo)	c. 300 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	41
Philosophy	Synesius of Cyrene	On Dreams	c. 404–405 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	24
Philosophy	Hierocles of Alexandria (commentary); the Golden Verses are anonymous	Commentary on the Golden Verses of Pythagoras (with the Golden Verses)	commentary c. 430–450 CE; the Verses Hellenistic or early imperial	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	11
Philosophy	Ammonius son of Hermias	Commentary on Aristotle's On Interpretation, and lecture notes on other works	c. 470–520 CE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	17
Philosophy	Olympiodorus the Younger	Commentaries on Plato's Alcibiades I, Gorgias and Phaedo, and on Aristotle	c. 525–565 CE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	17
Philosophy	John Philoponus	Against Proclus on the Eternity of the World	529 CE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	23
Medicine	Hippocrates of Cos and others	Hippocratic Corpus (as collected and glossed at Alexandria)	c. 430–350 BCE; collected 3rd century BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Medicine	Herophilus of Chalcedon	Anatomy, On Pulses, Midwifery and other works	c. 290–260 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Medicine	Erasistratus of Ceos	On Fevers, On Paralysis, Anatomy and other works	c. 280–250 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Medicine	Apollonius of Citium	Commentary on Hippocrates' On Joints	c. 80–60 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Medicine	'Thessalus' (identification with the physician Thessalus of Tralles is disputed)	On the Virtues of Plants (letter to an emperor)	1st century CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	0
Medicine	Galen of Pergamon	Commentary on Hippocrates' Epidemics III (and Anatomical Procedures)	c. 170–180 CE	Survives in large part	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Euclid	Elements	c. 300 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	2
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Euclid	Optics, Phaenomena, Data (and the lost Porisms and Conics)	c. 300 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	2
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Aristarchus of Samos	On the Sizes and Distances of the Sun and Moon (and the lost heliocentric hypothesis)	c. 280–250 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Eratosthenes of Cyrene	On the Measurement of the Earth	c. 240–230 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	1
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Archimedes of Syracuse	The Method of Mechanical Theorems, addressed to Eratosthenes	c. 240–220 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Eratosthenes of Cyrene	Letter to King Ptolemy on Doubling the Cube, with the epigram on the Mesolabe	c. 240–220 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	1
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Archimedes of Syracuse	On the Sphere and Cylinder, On Spirals, Quadrature of the Parabola, On Conoids and Spheroids	c. 240–212 BCE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Attributed to Eratosthenes	Catasterisms (Placings among the Stars)	3rd century BCE original; epitome later	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	1
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Apollonius of Perga	Conics	c. 210–190 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Inferred	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Anonymous, under the names of a pharaoh and his priest	Astrological books of 'Nechepso and Petosiris'	c. 150–100 BCE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	18
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Hipparchus of Nicaea	Commentary on the Phaenomena of Aratus and Eudoxus (and the lost star catalogue)	c. 140 BCE	Survives in large part	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Anonymous Hermetic astrologers	Book of Hermes Trismegistus (Liber Hermetis) and the decan tradition	Hellenistic core; Latin compilation late antique or later	Survives only in translation	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	30
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Thrasyllus	The Tablet (Pinax), and editions of Plato and Democritus in tetralogies	c. 10 BCE - 36 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	18
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Diophantus of Alexandria	Arithmetica	uncertain; traditionally c. 250 CE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Claudius Ptolemy	Almagest (Mathematical Syntaxis)	c. 150 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	6
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Claudius Ptolemy	Handy Tables and the Canobic Inscription	Canobic Inscription 146/7 CE; Handy Tables after the Almagest	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	19
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Claudius Ptolemy	Harmonics	c. 150–170 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	6
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Claudius Ptolemy	Tetrabiblos (Apotelesmatika)	c. 150–170 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	19
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Vettius Valens of Antioch	Anthology	c. 150–175 CE	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	18
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Pappus of Alexandria	Collection (Synagoge)	c. 320 CE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Theon of Alexandria	Edition of Euclid; Commentaries on the Almagest and Handy Tables; lost works on omens	c. 360–390 CE	Survives in large part	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Paulus Alexandrinus	Introduction (Eisagogika), with the later commentary attributed to Olympiodorus	378 CE (commentary 564 CE)	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	18
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Hypatia of Alexandria	Commentaries on Diophantus, on Apollonius' Conics, and the Astronomical Canon; revision of Theon's Almagest commentary	c. 380–415 CE	Lost	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	2
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	Hephaestion of Thebes	Apotelesmatika	c. 415 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	18
Mathematics (incl. astronomy)	John Philoponus	On the Use and Construction of the Astrolabe	c. 520–530 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	6
Natural science	Ctesibius of Alexandria	Commentaries (on pneumatics, the water clock, the water organ)	c. 270–250 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Natural science	Callimachus of Cyrene	Collection of Wonders in All the Earth, Arranged by Place	c. 260–240 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Natural science	Bolus of Mendes	Handmade Things (Cheiromecta), On Sympathies and Antipathies, and other works	c. 200 BCE (date disputed)	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	8
Natural science	Eratosthenes of Cyrene	Geographika	c. 230–210 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	1
Natural science	Philo of Byzantium	Mechanical Collection (Artillery, Pneumatics, Siegecraft)	c. 200 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Natural science	Pseudo-Democritus	Natural and Secret Matters (Physika kai Mystika) and the Four Books	1st century CE (perhaps earlier)	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	8
Natural science	Strabo of Amaseia	Geography	c. 20 BCE - 23 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	0
Natural science	Anonymous, under the name of Isis	Isis the Prophetess to her Son Horus	1st-3rd century CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	8
Natural science	Maria the Jewess (Maria Hebraea)	Writings of Maria the Jewess (on apparatus and the Art)	before c. 300 CE (often placed 1st-3rd century)	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	9
Natural science	Hero of Alexandria	On Automaton-Making (and Metrica)	c. 60 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Natural science	Hero of Alexandria	Pneumatica	c. 60 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Natural science	Claudius Ptolemy	Geography (Guide to Drawing a Map of the World)	c. 150–170 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	6
Natural science	'Cleopatra' (pseudonymous; not the queen)	Chrysopoeia (Gold-Making) of Cleopatra	3rd-4th century CE (uncertain)	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	8
Natural science	Anonymous craftsmen's recipe books	Leiden Papyrus X and Stockholm Papyrus	c. 300 CE (copies)	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	8
Natural science	Zosimos of Panopolis	The Final Count (Final Abstinence), to Theosebeia	c. 300 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	17
Natural science	Zosimos of Panopolis	Authentic Memoirs: On the Letter Omega, and On Apparatus and Furnaces	c. 300 CE	Survives in fragments	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	17
Natural science	Zosimos of Panopolis	On Virtue (the Visions)	c. 300 CE	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	17
Natural science	Olympiodorus (identity with the Alexandrian philosopher disputed)	On the Sacred Art (commentary on Zosimos' On Action)	5th-6th century CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	8
Natural science	Attributed to Stephanus of Alexandria	On the Great and Sacred Art of Making Gold (nine lectures)	early 7th century CE (dedicated to Emperor Heraclius)	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	8
Miscellaneous writings	Chaerephon	Dinner (addressed to Cyrebion)	4th century BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Callimachus's own	0
Miscellaneous writings	Aegimius, Hegesippus, Metrobius and Phaestus	Treatises on Cake-Making	before c. 250 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Callimachus's own	0
Miscellaneous writings	Demetrius of Phalerum	Collection of Aesop's Fables	c. 300 BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Inferred	0
Miscellaneous writings	Egyptian temple scribes (as described by Clement of Alexandria)	The Forty-Two Books of Hermes carried in the Egyptian priestly procession	described c. 200 CE; temple book culture far older	Lost	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	15
Miscellaneous writings	Callimachus of Cyrene	Mouseion	3rd century BCE	Lost	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Callimachus of Cyrene	Pinakes (Tables of those eminent in every branch of learning, and of what they wrote)	c. 260–240 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Aristophanes of Byzantium	Lexeis (Words), and editions of Homer, Hesiod, the lyric poets and drama	c. 220–180 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Aristophanes of Byzantium	On the Pinakes of Callimachus	c. 200–180 BCE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Attributed to Dionysius Thrax	Art of Grammar	2nd century BCE core; later expansion	Survives whole	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Anonymous Egyptian practitioners	Greek Magical Papyri (the 'Theban Magical Library'), including the so-called Mithras Liturgy	2nd century BCE - 5th century CE (most 3rd-4th century)	Survives whole	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	5
Miscellaneous writings	Didymus 'Chalcenterus' (Bronze-guts)	Commentaries (including On Demosthenes)	c. 50 BCE - 10 CE	Survives in fragments	Known	In the cupboard	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Apollonius Dyscolus	On Syntax	c. 130–160 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Athenaeus of Naucratis	Deipnosophistae (The Learned Banqueters)	c. 200 CE	Survives in large part	Conjectured	On the ledge	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Clement of Alexandria	Stromata (Miscellanies, 'Patchwork Carpets')	c. 198–203 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	11
Miscellaneous writings	Synesius of Cyrene	Letters	c. 395–413 CE	Survives whole	Known	On the ledge	Ours	0
Miscellaneous writings	Horapollo (translated into Greek by one Philippus)	Hieroglyphica	5th century CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	11
Miscellaneous writings	Hesychius of Alexandria	Lexicon	5th or 6th century CE	Survives whole	Known	On the table of the city	Ours	0