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Record Nr.

UNINA9910159002603321

Autore

Watts Edward Jay <1975->

Titolo

Hypatia : the life and legend of an ancient philosopher / / Edward J. Watts

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

0-19-065914-9

0-19-021004-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Women in Antiquity

Disciplina

186/.4

186.4

Soggetti

Women philosophers - Egypt

Women philosophers

Egypt

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A Lenten Murder; 1 Alexandria; 2 Childhood and Education; 3 The School of Hypatia; 4 Middle-Age; 5 A Philosophical Mother and Her Children; 6 The Public Intellectual; 7 Hypatia's Sisters; 8 Murder in the Street; 9 The Memory of Hypatia; 10 A Modern Symbol; Reconsidering a Legend.

Sommario/riassunto

Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher brings to life Hypatia's intellectual and political triumphs, uncovers the unique challenges she faced as a female teacher in a man's world, details the tragic story of her murder, and shows why her story has fascinated people for 1600 years.