Galen studied medicine at Pergamum, Smyrna & this Egyptian city famous for a library & a lighthouse
The 
fact that Galen went first to Corinth, then to Alexandria, to study under 
Numisianus, shows the... [DOC] [TLE] Alexandria and the Hellenistic World - Alexander the Great, library ... [PAR] Today, Alexandria is the chief port and second largest city in Egypt with a ... 
Alexandria was the intellectual capital of the world and famous for its extensive 
library, which in ... Just as its famous Pharos Lighthouse was a welcome sight for 
weary ... and Herophilus, the anatomist, who founded a medical school in 
Alexandria.