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Hypatia of Alexandria / Maria Dzielska ; translated by F. Lyra.
Van Pelt Library B667.H84 D9513 1995
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dzielska, Maria.
- Series:
- Revealing antiquity ; 8.
- Revealing antiquity ; 8
- Standardized Title:
- Hypatia z Aleksandrii. English
- Language:
- English
- Polish
- Subjects (All):
- Hypatia, -415.
- Hypatia.
- Women philosophers--Egypt.
- Women philosophers.
- Alexandrian school.
- Egypt.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 157 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1995.
- Summary:
- 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 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 symbol - 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.
- Notes:
- "Adapted and translated from the unpublished manuscript"--T.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [121]-151]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0674437756
- OCLC:
- 31295206
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