Hypatia of Alexandria /
Hypatia - brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty - 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 Hypati...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Polish |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1995.
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| Series: | Revealing antiquity ;
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Table of Contents:
- The literary legend of Hypatia
- Hypatia and her circle
- The life and death of Hypatia.