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Hypatia constructed astrolabes and hydrometers, but did not invent either of these, which were both in use long before she was born. She was tolerant toward Christians and taught many Christian students, including Synesius, the future bishop of Ptolemais. Ancient sources record that Hypatia was widely beloved by pagans and Christians alike and ...
Hypatia is a feminine given name of Ancient Greek origin derived from the word hypatos (): (ὕπατος), meaning highest, supreme. It is often given in reference to Hypatia of Alexandria (c. 350 to 370-415), the Neoplatonist philosopher, astronomer, and mathematician.
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.
Hypatia was later implicated in a political feud between Orestes, the Roman prefect of Alexandria, and Cyril of Alexandria, Theophilus' successor as bishop. [ 125 ] [ 126 ] Rumors spread accusing her of preventing Orestes from reconciling with Cyril [ 125 ] [ 127 ] and, in March of 415 AD, she was murdered by a mob of Christians, led by a ...
Iota Draconis b, formally named Hypatia (pronounced / h aɪ ˈ p eɪ ʃ i ə / or / h ɪ ˈ p eɪ ʃ ə /), is an exoplanet orbiting the K-type giant star Iota Draconis about 101.2 light-years (31 parsecs, or nearly 2.932 × 10 14 km) from Earth in the constellation Draco.
Like Baxter, he reunited with his TV son on Spin City in a 2000 episode. Gross has been married to wife Elza Bergeron since 1984. He is the stepfather of her two children from a previous relationship.
Agora (Spanish: Ágora) is a 2009 English-language Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil.The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in late 4th-century Roman Egypt, who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system and the heliocentric model that challenges it.
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.