Hypatia of Alexandria. Who was she? A brilliant young mathematician and scientist, murdered by a religious mob? An aging academic taken out by a rival political force? A sorceress who kept the Prefect and people of Alexandria in thrall through satanic wiles? Did she discover that the earth circled the sun 1000 years before Copernicus [...]
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Free eBook – “Hypatia: Her Life and Times”
Posted in Agora, Biographies, Books, Free stuff, History, Hypatia, Reviews, Wonderful Women, tagged alexandria, books, cyril, free ebook, free stuff, hypatia, hypatia biography, hypatia of alexandria, late antiquity, orestes, real essays on March 30, 2012 | 8 Comments »
Agora: the “Reel” vs. the “Real” Hypatia – Part III
Posted in Agora, Essays/Research, History, Hypatia, Movies, Reviews, Wonderful Women, tagged agora, alexandria, ammonius, cyril, hypatia, orestes, synesius on June 8, 2010 | 48 Comments »
In Parts I & II of this series on the history behind the movie, I talked about several major historical events of the times and a couple of my favorite anecdotes that made it into the film. In Part III, I’ll look at the major characters, how they were portrayed in the film and what [...]
Agora: the “Reel” vs. the “Real” Hypatia – Part II
Posted in Agora, Essays/Research, History, Hypatia, Movies, Reviews, Wonderful Women, tagged agora, alexandria, cyril, great library, hypatia, orestes, serapeum on June 3, 2010 | 12 Comments »
In Part I of this series, I talked about some of the controversy surrounding this film and dealt with a few of the historical events depicted: the fire-walking Christian, Hypatia’s science and students, and (one of my favorite stories) the bloody handkerchief. In Part II, I continue with the events depicted in the movie including [...]
