Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher

by Edward J. Watts

Book Overview

A philosopher, mathematician, and martyr, Hypatia is one of antiquity's best known female intellectuals. During the sixteen centuries following her murder, by a mob of Christians, Hypatia has been remembered in books, poems, plays, paintings, and films as a victim of religious intolerance whose death symbolized the end of the Classical world. But Hypatia was a person before she was a symbol. Her great skill in mathematics and philosophy redefined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190073705
• ISBN13: 9780190073701
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"