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Hypatia [a] (born c. 350–370; died 415 AD) [1] [4] was a Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, then part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was a prominent thinker in Alexandria where she taught philosophy and astronomy. [5] Although preceded by Pandrosion, another Alexandrian female ...
- March 415 AD (aged 45–65), Alexandria, Province of Egypt, Eastern Roman Empire
- Western philosophy
Hypatia (pronounced hy-Pay-shuh) was born in the second half of the fourth century, most probably between the years 350-370 AD in the Greco-Roman city of Alexandria, Egypt. Like most educated people in the Eastern Mediterranean in late antiquity, Hypatia was a Greek speaker. Her name means ‘supreme.’.
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- Alexandria's Development
- Hypatia and Her City
- Religious Intolerance and Death
- Hypatia's Murder
- Conclusion
Alexandria, Egypt was founded on the site of the older port city of Rhakotis by Alexander the Great in c. 331 BCE. Alexander is said to have drawn up the plans for the city himself and then left construction up to his commander Cleomenes of Naucratis and architect Dinocrates of Rhodes while Alexander himself continued on his military campaigns. Cle...
In a city which was becoming increasingly diverse religiously (and had always been so culturally) Hypatia was a close friend of the pagan prefect Orestes and was blamed by Cyril, the Christian Archbishop of Alexandria, for keeping Orestes from accepting the 'true faith'. She was also seen as a 'stumbling block' to those who would have accepted the ...
Alexandria was still a significant seat of learning in the early days of Christianity - though nowhere near as great as it had been under the early Ptolemaic Dynasty - but, as the faith grew in adherents and power, became increasingly divided by fighting among religious factions. It is by no means an exaggeration to claim that Alexandria was destro...
In 415, on her way home from delivering her daily lectures at the university, Hypatia was attacked by this mob, consisting largely of Christian monks, dragged from her chariotdown the street into a church, and was there stripped naked, beaten to death, and burned. The scholar Mangasar M. Mangasarian describes the scene as recorded by ancient histor...
The 2009 feature film Agora, which tells the story of Hypatia's life and death, accurately depicts the religious turmoil of Alexandria c. 415 at the same time that it takes license with events in the philosopher's life (such as the details of her death). The film sparked controversy upon its release from some segments of the Christian community who...
- Joshua J. Mark
Hypatia (born c. 355 ce —died March 415, Alexandria) was a mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who lived in a very turbulent era in Alexandria ’s history. She is the earliest female mathematician of whose life and work reasonably detailed knowledge exists. Hypatia was the daughter of Theon of Alexandria, himself a mathematician and ...
- Michael Deakin
Mar 14, 2010 · An avowed paganist in a time of religious strife, Hypatia was also one of the first women to study math, astronomy and philosophy. Sarah Zielinski. March 14, 2010. On the streets of Alexandria ...
Apr 26, 2012 · World History Encyclopedia, 26 Apr 2012. Web. 21 May 2024. Hypatia of Alexandria (370-415), sketch by Elbert Hubbard, 1908, from his work Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Teachers.
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