Good well sourced video on the myth of the burning of the library of alexandria and how it didn't happen maybe

  • keepcarrot [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    Did that feed into a lot of sci-fi and fantasy having a lost golden age?

    • Vncredleader
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      2 years ago

      I don't know, but I'd be interested if any sci-fi historians could speak to that. I do know that a lot of lost golden age stuff in sci-fi comes from Cold War anxiety about nuclear armegeddon