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Hypatia of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria | Maria Dzielska
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Hypatiae"brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beautye"was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Maria Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia's life and death, and new insight into her colorful world. Historians and poets, Victorian novelists and contemporary feminists have seen Hypatia as a symbole"of the waning of classical culture and freedom of inquiry, of the rise of fanatical Christianity, or of sexual freedom. Dzielska shows us why versions of Hypatia's legend have served her champions' purposes, and how they have distorted the true story. She takes us back to the Alexandria of Hypatia's day, with its Library and Museion, pagan cults and the pontificate of Saint Cyril, thriving Jewish community and vibrant Greek culture, and circles of philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers, and militant Christians. Drawing on the letters of Hypatia's most prominent pupil, Synesius of Cyrene, Dzielska constructs a compelling picture of the young philosopher's disciples and her teaching. Finally she plumbs her sources for the facts surrounding Hypatia's cruel death, clarifying what the murder tells us about the tensions of this tumultuous era.
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rubyslippersreads Gorgeous photo! 😍😍😍 8y
Ubookquitous Love that you have one of my faves on the shelf: 8y
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#nonfiction #scaretober because, well...

JanuarieTimewalker13 Pretty sure if I ever adopt another female cat she will be named Hypatia. Brilliant. 8y
Seshat Ooooh, @JanuarieTimewalker13 very cool idea. Have you seen Agora, the movie about Hypatia with Rachel Weiss? 8y
JanuarieTimewalker13 @Seshat YES!!! I forgot about that!! I was on a big Hypatia kick and wanted to know everything about her a couple of years back!! I love the whole library of Alexandria scene. 8y
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