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	Hypatia of Alexandria
		Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher.
		Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment.
		"Hypatia: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher" by Nancy Nietupski in Alexandria 2.
	cosmopolis.com /people/hypatia.html (222 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Hypatia's contributions to science are reputed (on scant evidence) to include the invention of the astrolabe and the hydrometer.
		Hypatia was the daughter of Theon, who was also her teacher and the last fellow of the Museum of Alexandria, which was adjacent to or included in the main Library of Alexandria.
		Hypatia, the daughter of Theon the mathematician, was initiated in her father's studies; her learned comments have elucidated the geometry of Apollonius and Diophantus; and she publicly taught, both at Athens and Alexandria, the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hypatia_of_Alexandria (2094 words)

	Hypatia
		However, while Hypatia was still under her father's discipline, he also developed for her a physical routine to ensure for her a healthy body as well as a highly functional mind.
		Hypatia was known more for the work she did in mathematics than in astronomy, primarily for her work on the ideas of conic sections introduced by Apollonius.
		Hypatia was the first woman to have such a profound impact on the survival of early thought in mathematics.
	www.agnesscott.edu /lriddle/women/hypatia.htm (729 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria
		Hypatia was a mathematician, astronomer, and Platonic philosopher.
		Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment.
		"Hypatia: Mathematician, Astronomer, and Philosopher" by Nancy Nietupski in Alexandria 2.
	www.cosmopolis.com /people/hypatia.html (222 words)

	Philosophers : Hypatia daugter of Theon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hypatia was raised in an environment of thought by Theon who was himself a well known scholar and a professor of mathematics at the University of Alexandria.
		However, while Hypatia was still under her father's discipline, he also developed for her a physical routine to ensure for her a healthy body as well as a highly functional mind.
		Hypatia is thought to be the first woman to have a profound impact upon mathematics and thought, simplifying Apollonius' concepts on conics.
	www.trincoll.edu /depts/phil/philo/phils/hypatia.html (308 words)

	AWM Book Review: Hypatia of Alexandria
		Taken together with Maria Dzielska's new biographical treatment, Hypatia of Alexandria, published this fall by Harvard University Press, it is possible to construct a fairly complete picture of Hypatia: her life and times; her work as a teacher, mathematician, philosopher, and religious and political figure; and the circumstances of her violent death.
		In a journal entry written in response to a classroom discussion of Hypatia, one young woman preparing for a career in high school mathematics teaching wrote that she could not understand why Hypatia was so important, since she was 'only' a teacher and editor.
		Hypatia came to life in European literature during the 18th century, and the story of her death has been used over and over again, with extreme license, by critics of the Church to the present day.
	www.awm-math.org /bookreviews/MayJun96.html (1092 words)

	Damascius: The Life of Hypatia from the Suda
		HYPATIA, daughter of Theon the geometer and philosopher of Alexandria, was herself a well-known philosopher.
		Hypatia was born, reared, and educated in Alexandria.
		Such was Hypatia, as articulate and eloquent in speaking as she was prudent and civil in her deeds.
	cosmopolis.com /alexandria/hypatia-bio-suda.html (569 words)

	Multicultural Resource Center: Hypatia
		Hypatia of Alexandria is the earliest woman scientist whose life is well documented; she was also the last scientist of the Golden Age of Pericles, before enlightenment gave way to the Dark Ages.
		Practical technology was Hypatia's main interest, which led to her invention of the pane astrolabe, used to measure the positions of the sun and stars and to calculate the ascendant sign of the zodiac.
		Hypatia never married, although she was courted by and kept company with many of Alexandria's movers and shakers.
	www.inventions.org /culture/female/hypatia.html (455 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria:
		Hypatia of Alexandria was a woman of spectacular beauty who was revered as the preeminent mathematician, astronomer and philosopher of her time.
		Hypatia was one of the last of the "neo-Platonist" philosophers, the latter-day inheritors of Socratic thought, which dwelt on the functioning of the human mind and on the method of acquiring truth.
		Hypatia committed herself to Orestes’ support, much to Cyril’s chagrin--since she was extremely influential in the city, and was widely recognized by Christians and pagans alike as a great thinker.
	www.rherald.com /news/2004/1230/People.html (1386 words)

	Skyscript: The Life and Work of Hypatia by Sue Toohey (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hypatia of Alexandria, a mathematician, was dragged from her carriage and savagely murdered by a Christian mob in 415CE.
		Alexandria in particular was, as one historian put it, "seething with intercommunal rivalry and sectarian bitterness." [3] In this boiling mix of power and religion, Hypatia studied and taught with apparent equanimity to all.
		Hypatia was living at a time of tremendous change and her death marked the demise of the last phase of ancient science.
	www.skyscript.co.uk /hypatia.html (2501 words)

	Malaspina Great Books - Hypatia of Alexandria (355-415)
		She was the daughter of Theon,; the last fellow of the Museum of Alexandria, which was adjacent to or included the main Library of Alexandria.
		Hypatia clearly lived during a power struggle between pagans and tolerant Christians on the one side, and dogmatic Christians who demanded the final destruction of paganism on the other.
		Hypatia herself was a pagan,; but was respected by many Christians,; and exalted by some (though by no means all) later Christian authors as a symbol of virtue,; often portrayed as a life-long virgin.
	www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=438 (1570 words)

	Remembering Hypatia: A Novel of Ancient Egypt
		Her name was Hypatia, teacher and scientist of the fabled Great Library of Alexandria and the last glimmer of hope before the Dark Ages.
		The Roman Empire is crumbling, the fragments of the classical world regrouping in Egypt when Thasos, son of an ill-fated scholar, meets Hypatia of Alexandria.
		Remembering Hypatia is a vivid retelling of a now-forgotten historical tragedy, when courage stood against fear, when the legacy of the wise vanished in the dark.
	www.rememberinghypatia.com (348 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria
		HYPATIA (370?-415 A.D.), Greek philosopher, born in Alexandria, daughter of the mathematician Theon (q.v.).
		Upon her return to Alexandria, she was elected president of the Academy, which at this period was the rendezvous of the leading minds of the East and West.
		Excerpt: "This frightful and sordid temper of the new Christendom is luridly exhibited in the murder of Hypatia of Alexandria in 415.
	www.edwardtbabinski.us /history/hypatia.html (6594 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria
		Hypatia was born between 355 and 370 AD in Alexandria, Egypt, which was then part of the Roman Empire.
		Hypatia convinced her father to let her continue her studies in Athens, where her earnest, devotion, and brilliance earned her the laurel wreath which the University of Athens bestowed on only the best of its students.
		Rumors began to circulate about Hypatia being "devoted at all times to magic, astrolabes and instruments of music, [who] beguiled many people through her satanic wiles and the governor...through her magic." Although totally false, it was nonetheless believed by many.
	members.aol.com /GalaxyDuck/hypatia.html (1419 words)

	Hypatia
		Regarded as the first woman astronomer, Hypatia was also an accomplished mathematician, an inventor, and a philosopher of Plato and Aristotle, She lived during the late 4th, early 5th centuries--a time of great change.
		In the book by Maria Dzielska, Hypatia of Alexandria, the strongest argument is made for 355 A.D. as the year of her birth.
		Though Hypatia was a pagan, her philosophy was Transcendentalism, and she belonged to pure reason.
	www.womanastronomer.com /hypatia.htm (832 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria - Crystalinks
		Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 380 - 415) was a philosopher, mathematician, and teacher who lived in Alexandria, then a Greek city. Several works are attributed to her by later sources, including commentaries on Diophantus' Arithmetica, on Apollonius's Conics and on Ptolemy's works, but none has survived.
		Some insight into the intellectual conflict of early 5th century Alexandria is given by the letters written by Synesius of Cyrene, Bishop of Ptolomais, to Hypatia, whom he loved and respected as a teacher.
		Although iron hooks were not used, Hypatia's death seems to match the prescribed punishment for witchcraft; the Greek term for the implements used in the killing, ostrakois, is translated as "tiles", but literally means "oystershells".
	www.crystalinks.com /hypatia.html (572 words)

	Hypatia
		In the accompanying book, Hypatia is described as "a Roman scholar and philosopher who lived in Alexandria...she stressed the importance of goddesses and the feminine aspects of culture." The article details the pagan philosopher's death at the hands of a Christian mob.
		Hypatia was a resident of Alexandria, from a prominent Greek family and probably never left the city.
		Hypatia was a remarkable woman willingly engaging in the politics of the time, who ran afoul of others' personal ambition and criminal intent.
	pages.prodigy.net /fljustice/hypatia.html (2202 words)

	Biography - Hypatia of Alexandria: c.370-415
		Hypatia of Alexandria was the first woman recognized as a mathematician and scientist since the recording of history.
		Hypatia is the first woman that was known to write on the subjects of math, which included conic sections.
		There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time.
	www.light-science.com /hypatia.html (550 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Hypatia of Alexandria
		Hypatia was a Greek scientist, philosopher, and mathematician who taught at the Mouseion in Alexandria.
		Hypatia was reputedly a beauty and had many suitors, although according to the most reliable sources she never married.
		Hypatia also wrote commentaries on the Arithmetica of Diophantus, the Conics of Apollonious and edited part of her father's Commentary on the Almagest by Ptolemy.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/A481006 (696 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria
		Maria Dzielska, in her book on Hypatia, has combed through the primary and early secondary sources in search of some semblance of truth as regards the life and works of Hypatia.
		Hypatia was politically active in Alexandria, and up until Cyrus was elected patriarch, often consulted by politicians [27 ff].
		With little understanding of astronomy and mathematics, the population was easily convinced that Hypatia was a diviner, a practitioner of the fl arts, and a witch.
	www.wdog.com /brian/Scriptorium/hypatia.htm (797 words)

	Hypatia of Alexandria
		In 391, Theophilus, the patriarch of Alexandria, had destroyed some pagan temples in the city, which may have included the Museum and certainly included the Serapeum (a temple for the worship of Serapis and "daughter library" to the Great Library).
		Hypatia lived during a conflict between pagans, on the one side, and Christians on the other, who were demanding the final destruction of paganism as an imperial institution.
		Hypatia, herself a pagan, was respected by many Christians, and was even exalted by a few later Christian authors as a symbol of virtue, often being portrayed by them as a virgin till her death.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http://articles.gourt.com/%22http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DHypatia (2048 words)

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		Alexandria, where Hypatia was born and seems to have lived her entire life, was long considered a place of learning.
		One reason for the earlier date is that one of Hypatia's students, Synesius of Cyrene, is believed to have been born in the late 360's or possibly 370, nearly the same time as the traditional date of Hypatia's birth.
		"Hypatia's death was 'a bestial murder perpetrated by Cyril's tonsured hounds, with a fanatical gang at their heels.' She was murdered, Voltaire asserts, because she believed in the Hellenic gods, the laws of rational Nature, and the capacities of the human mind free of dogmas.
	siduri.tripod.com /Hypatia_of_Alexandria.html (1807 words)

	NBI: Philosophers: Hypatia, School of Athens
		Upon her return to Alexandria, around 400 CE, Hypatia achieved prominence as the recognized head of the Neoplatonist school in Alexandria, where letters addressed simply to “the philosopher” were routinely delivered to her.
		There she expounded upon the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle and lectured on mathematics, astronomy, mechanics, and philosophy, in particular teaching a variant of Neoplatonism which was distinguished from the mysticism of her predecessors by its greater scientific emphasis.
		Hypatia's philosophical beliefs were in conflict with the views of the Christian rulers of the city of Alexandria.
	www.newbanner.com /AboutPic/athena/raphael/nbi_hypa.html (1544 words)

	APOD: 2002 January 13 - Hypatia of Alexandria (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Hypatia became one of the world's leading scholars in mathematics and astronomy.
		Hypatia's legendary knowledge, modesty, and public speaking ability flourished during the era of the
		Hypatia is credited with contributions to geometry and astrometry, and she is thought instrumental in the development of the sky-measuring astrolabe.
	antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov /apod/ap020113.html (111 words)

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