Hypatia : the true story / Silvia Ronchey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ronchey, Silvia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Philosophers.

Women philosophers.

Intellectual life.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (276 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, [2023]

Summary:

This study reconstructs Hypatia's existential and intellectual life and her modern Nachleben through a reception-oriented and interdisciplinary approach. Unlike previous publications on the subject, Hypatia explores all available ancient and medieval sources as well as the history of the reception of the figure of Hypatia in later history, literature, and arts in order to illuminate the ideological transformations/deformations of her story throughout the centuries and recover "the true story". The intentionally provocative title relates to the contemporary historiographical notion of "false" or "fake history", as does the overall conceptual and methodological treatment. Through this reception-oriented approach, this study suggests a new reading of the ancient sources that demonstrates the intrinsically political nature of the murder of Hypatia, caused by the phtonos (violent envy) of the Christian bishop Cyril of Alexandria. This is the first comprehensive treatment of the figure of Hypatia addressed to both academic readers - in Classics, Religious Studies, and Reception Studies - and a learned, non-specialist readership. Revised edition in paperback.

Contents:

Intro

Author's Note

Preface

Contents

Introduction

Part I: Setting out the Facts

1 Once there was a Woman

2 The Destruction of the Serapeum

3 Elegant Insolence

4 The Terrible Patriarch of Alexandria

5 Good Use of Power

6 Treacherous Zeal

The Bishop of Nikiu

8 A Three-Handed Game

9 The Intimidation of Orestes

10 Mortal Envy

11 The Cover-Up

Part II: Betraying the Facts

12 The Glory of Her Own Sex and the Wonder of Ours

13 The Excesses of Fanaticism

14 A Very Beautiful and Well-educated Woman is Torn Asunder

15 From Fielding to Gibbon Passing Through the Shadow of a Donkey

16 The Catholic Wing

17 Refreshing Exceptions

18 Uncontrolled Effects on the Poets

19 New Faces For Old Foes

20 Kulturkampf. Hypatia à la Bismarck

21 Celestial Virgin

22 Miraculous Devotion. Chateaubriand, Péguy and the Flourishing of Feminist Literature

23 Superfluous Heroisms

24 The Forces of the Universe

25 A Name, a Mantra

Part III: Interpreting the Facts

26 May the Witnesses Return to the Court

27 The DNA of the Ancient Tradition

28 Church and State

29 An Age of Anxiety

30 Hypatia in All Her States of Being

31 What Did Hypatia Teach?

32 All Synesius' Mysteries

33 Synesius, Hypatia and Philosophia

34 Women Who Philosophised

35 The Power of Hypatia

36 Dramatis Personae

37 Hypatia's Sacrifice

38 The Martyrdom of Hypatia

39 A Question of Method

40 The Eminence of Hypatia

Aftershock: And What If…

Bibliography

Index of Names.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Ronchey, Silvia Hypatia

ISBN:

9783111245751

3111245756