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Hypatia was a famous mathematician in ancient greek. She was also a philosopher and an astronomer in Egypt, then played a part in the Byzantine Empire. In the school of Neoplatonic in Alexandria she was the smartest. She was the only daughter of Theon of Alexandria, who was also a famous mathematician. She was tutored by her father in Athens around the year 400.
She was murdered by a mob of Christians, they were also referred to Parabolani after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between the governor whose name was Orestes and the bishop of Alexandria whose name was Cyril. But not all Christians despised her, some even used her as a symbolic virtue to many historians. Hypatia tutored many pupils, one's name was Synesius. She tutored …show more content…
But they’re rumors saying she was killed by an alexandrian mob lead by reader Peter. All of the work Hypatia did was destroyed or lost except there title. But there is no philosophical work only mathematical and astronomy. Based on the small amount of work that wasn’t lost or destroyed proves how great she was as a compiler, editor, and great mathematician. Some historians that she was a symbolic virtue to are Kathleen Wider who studies her death, Stephen Greenblatt who believes her death caused the downfall of alexandrian life, and Christian Wildberg who believes that Hellenistic Philosophy went through the 5th and 6th centuries and possibly the age of justinian. The completed account came from Historia Ecclesiastica which was written around the year 415 A.D. by Socrates of Constantinople. Orestes, the Roman governor of Alexandria, and Cyril, the Bishop of Alexandria, were involved in a bitter feud in which Hypatia became one of the main people of contention. In 415, the feud began over a Jewish dancing exhibition in Alexandria, which brought large crowds and were commonly prone to civil disorder of varying degrees. Orestes published an article that outlined new regulations for such crowds gathered to read the article shortly after it was posted in the city's theater. The article angered Christians as much as
Hypatia was a famous mathematician in ancient greek. She was also a philosopher and an astronomer in Egypt, then played a part in the Byzantine Empire. In the school of Neoplatonic in Alexandria she was the smartest. She was the only daughter of Theon of Alexandria, who was also a famous mathematician. She was tutored by her father in Athens around the year 400.
She was murdered by a mob of Christians, they were also referred to Parabolani after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between the governor whose name was Orestes and the bishop of Alexandria whose name was Cyril. But not all Christians despised her, some even used her as a symbolic virtue to many historians. Hypatia tutored many pupils, one's name was Synesius. She tutored …show more content…
But they’re rumors saying she was killed by an alexandrian mob lead by reader Peter. All of the work Hypatia did was destroyed or lost except there title. But there is no philosophical work only mathematical and astronomy. Based on the small amount of work that wasn’t lost or destroyed proves how great she was as a compiler, editor, and great mathematician. Some historians that she was a symbolic virtue to are Kathleen Wider who studies her death, Stephen Greenblatt who believes her death caused the downfall of alexandrian life, and Christian Wildberg who believes that Hellenistic Philosophy went through the 5th and 6th centuries and possibly the age of justinian. The completed account came from Historia Ecclesiastica which was written around the year 415 A.D. by Socrates of Constantinople. Orestes, the Roman governor of Alexandria, and Cyril, the Bishop of Alexandria, were involved in a bitter feud in which Hypatia became one of the main people of contention. In 415, the feud began over a Jewish dancing exhibition in Alexandria, which brought large crowds and were commonly prone to civil disorder of varying degrees. Orestes published an article that outlined new regulations for such crowds gathered to read the article shortly after it was posted in the city's theater. The article angered Christians as much as