“Sitting in the chair of philosophy previously occupied by her father, Theon the mathematician, the immortal Hypatia was for many years the central figure in the Alexandrian School of Neo-Platonism. Famed alike for the depth of her learning and the charm of her person, beloved by the citizens of Alexandria, and frequently consulted by the magistrates of that city, this noble woman stands out from the pages of history as the greatest of the pagan martyrs. A personal disciple of the magician Plutarch, and versed in the profundities of the Platonic School, Hypatia eclipsed in argument and public esteem every proponent of the Christian doctrines in Northern Egypt. While her writings perished at the time of the burning of the library of Alexandria by the Mohammedans, some hint of their nature may be gleaned from the statements of contemporaneous authors. Hypatia evidently wrote a commentary on the Arithmetic of Diophantus, another on the Astronomical Canon of Ptolemy, and a third on the Conics of Apollonius of Perga. Synesius, Bishop of Ptolemais, her devoted friend, wrote to Hypatia for assistance in the construction of an astrolabe and a hydroscope. Recognizing the transcendency of her intellect, the learned of many nations flocked to the academy where she lectured.”
http://www.ascension-research.org/The_Mysteries_and_Their_Emissaries.html
Biography and historical background:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Hypatia
Video about Hypatia’s Life and Death (5 min.):
https://youtu.be/n1mwZrVJ-TI
Movie, “Agora”, is about Hypatia’s Life and Death. It is readily available.
Note: I’d posted previously about the ‘Separation of the Church and State’. This posting used the story of Hypatia as a backdrop.
https://samslair.blogspot.com/2011/08/2.html?m=1
