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A Christian Martyr in Reverse Hypatia: 370 - 415 A. D. A vivid portrait of the life and death of Hypatia as seen through the eyes of a feminist poet and novelist.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 March 2020
Abstract
The torture killing of the noted phibsopher Hypatia by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415 AD marks the end of a time when women were still appreciated for the brain under their hair.
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- Hypatia , Volume 4 , Issue 1: Special Issue: The History of Women in Philosophy , Spring 1989 , pp. 6 - 8
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- Copyright © 1989 by Hypatia, Inc.
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