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She (anachronistically and incorrectly) concludes that Hypatia's writings were burned in the Library of Alexandria when it was destroyed. [234] Major works of twentieth century literature contain references to Hypatia, [243] including Marcel Proust's volume "Within a Budding Grove" from In Search of Lost Time, and Iain Pears's The Dream of ...
The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt, ... "The Perniciously Persistent Myths of Hypatia and the Great Library", First Things, 4 June 2010;
Theon of Alexandria (/ ˌ θ iː ə n,-ɒ n /; Ancient Greek: Θέων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; c. AD 335 – c. 405) was a Greek [1] scholar and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. He edited and arranged Euclid's Elements and wrote commentaries on works by Euclid and Ptolemy. His daughter Hypatia also won fame as a mathematician.
Bibliotheca Alexandrina Bibliotheca Alexandrina pool. The Bibliotheca Alexandrina (Latin, 'Library of Alexandria'; [1] Arabic: مكتبة الإسكندرية, romanized: Maktabat al-’Iskandariyya, Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [mækˈtæb(e)t eskendeˈɾejjæ]) (BA) is a major library and cultural center on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea in Alexandria, Egypt.
Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face is an 1853 novel by the English writer Charles Kingsley. It is a fictionalised account of the life of the philosopher Hypatia , and tells the story of a young monk called Philammon who travels to Alexandria , where he becomes mixed up in the political and religious battles of the day.
Articles relating to the Library of Alexandria, its history, and its depictions.It was one of the largest and most significant libraries of the ancient world.The library was part of a larger research institution called the Mouseion, which was dedicated to the Muses, the nine goddesses of the arts.
[43] Scholasticus, alleges that Hypatia fell "victim to the political jealousy which at the time prevailed" and that news of Hypatia's murder, "brought no small disgrace", not only to Patriarch Cyril but to the whole Christian Church in Alexandria, "for murder and slaughter and all such things are altogether opposed to the Christian religion." [44]
From 14 November 2011 to 10 December 2011, Anderson was cast as the leading role of Hypatia, in Queensland Theatre Company's Fractions, by Marcel Dorney. [4] Hypatia is a brilliant female mathematician and philosopher who, 1600 years ago, was responsible for the Library of Alexandria - a collection of all the knowledge in her world.