Hypathia of Alexandria

This volume searches behind the legend of Hypatia of Alexandria - mathematician, Neoplatonist and renowned beauty who was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in 415 - to provide a new perspective on her life and death.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Maria Dzielska, an internationally recognized authority on the cultural life of the Roman Empire, was Professor of Ancient Roman History at Jagiellonian University in Kraków.

Zusammenfassung

Hypatia—brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty—was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415 and has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia's life and death, and new insight into her colorful world.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Maria Dzielska, Dzielska Maria
• Mitarbeit: F. Lyra (Übersetzung), Lyra F. (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: Harvard University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 30.09.1996
• EAN: 9780674437760
• ISBN: 978-0-674-43776-0
• Seiten: 176
• Abmessung: 139 mm x 208 mm x 11 mm
• Serie: Revealing Antiquity
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Philosophie; Schule und Lernen > Unterrichtsvorbereitung > Berufliche Bildung; European History, HISTORY / Europe / General, Ancient Greece, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500