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Hypatia by Charles William Mitchell (1885) Charles William Mitchell (1854–1903) was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter from Newcastle. A contemporary of John William Waterhouse, his work is similar in many ways. His one famous piece was Hypatia, shown in 1885 and likely inspired by the Charles Kingsley serialized novel Hypatia, or New Foes ...
Hypatia (1885) by Charles William Mitchell, believed to be a depiction of a scene in Charles Kingsley's 1853 novel Hypatia [209] [210] In his 1852 Hypatie and 1857 Hypathie et Cyrille, French poet Charles Leconte de Lisle portrayed Hypatia as the epitome of "vulnerable truth and beauty". [211]
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 (1885) by Charles William Mitchell, believed to be a depiction of a scene in Charles Kingsley's 1853 novel Hypatia [119] The Suda, a tenth-century Byzantine encyclopedia, calls the mathematician Theon of Alexandria (c. AD 335–c. 405) a "man of the Mouseion". [120]
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Hypatia by Charles Kingsley; Hypatia, a character based on Hypatia of Alexandria in the series The Heirs of Alexandria by Mercedes Lackey, Eric Flint and Dave Freer; Hypatia, a character based on Hypatia of Alexandria in the novel Baudolino by Umberto Eco; Hypatia, the main character in the 2009 film Agora, played by Rachel Weisz
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.
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