Hypatia was to blame for the conflict. In the spring of 415 C.E., the situation reached a tragic conclusion when a band of Christian monks seized Hypatia on the street, beat her, and dragged her body to a church where they mutilated her flesh with sharp tiles and burned her remains.
Hypatia was also a Moor. not Greek. and continued at Alexandria after alexander the "great" conquered Persia.
Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment. Shortly before her death, Cyril was made the Christian bishop of Alexandria, and a conflict arose between Cyril and the prefect Orestes. Orestes was disliked by some Christians and was a friend of Hypatia, and rumors started that
She died in the hands of Christiians...she was scraped w/tiles to her bare bones and burned...Hypatia was a N.African. She died in 414 AD. Christianity started in 325 AD.
I am sad that until a couple of hours ago I had never heard of Hypatia, her name, who she was and what she did. But now I have I see what a terrible crime was commited against one of the special few who could have paved the way for humanity to reach for a new golden way had they been allowed to work without intolerance.
I am glad I've been enlightened about her this Sunday evening, I hope the rest of humanity will find its own enlightenment in time.
Today is Womens Day..I lift the and honer Hypatia of Alexandria..
Her life was tragically ended like many other women through out the ages and today.. Due to ideology and indoctrination..May the light of the Divine Feminine invoke each of us to reclaim our places as the Goddess, Mother, Warioresses, and Priestess that we truly are..creating balance, love, and truth...
Had these abrahmic faiths not plundered and ancient civlizations of egypt and india and china had come closer,the worl d would have been a very different place.No religious bigotry and a more humane world.
I feel deeply touched. Religion really poisons everything. And the intake of this poison is rewarded with sainthood and praise. I cannot say how much I dislike the agents of destruction.
@deepashtray i kinda doubt we would have figured out how to steer a rocket-propelled ship that early, not to mention the whole recycling oxygen thing. And its a moot point anyways, it was next to impossible for centers of learning to remain safe for long in the ancient world. the Library in alexandria was sacked and burned at least 4 times
@plateofshrimp80s you can't deny that society would be much more advanced in nearly every aspect (scientifically, philosophically, ethically, etc) had the library survived. So much greek advances in medicine and science lost. The few that survived were used by the muslims and gave them a golden age, while europeans wallowed in ignorance and superstition.
Hypatia was to blame for the conflict. In the spring of 415 C.E., the situation reached a tragic conclusion when a band of Christian monks seized Hypatia on the street, beat her, and dragged her body to a church where they mutilated her flesh with sharp tiles and burned her remains.
Hypatia was also a Moor. not Greek. and continued at Alexandria after alexander the "great" conquered Persia.
ivoryofgak 2 weeks ago
Hypatia's prominence was accentuated by the fact that she was both female and pagan in an increasingly Christian environment. Shortly before her death, Cyril was made the Christian bishop of Alexandria, and a conflict arose between Cyril and the prefect Orestes. Orestes was disliked by some Christians and was a friend of Hypatia, and rumors started that
ivoryofgak 2 weeks ago
She died in the hands of Christiians...she was scraped w/tiles to her bare bones and burned...Hypatia was a N.African. She died in 414 AD. Christianity started in 325 AD.
CassiusAli3000 2 months ago
She should be a household name, right? I'm going to try to write something good to commemorate her passion for truth.
falstocat 7 months ago
I am sad that until a couple of hours ago I had never heard of Hypatia, her name, who she was and what she did. But now I have I see what a terrible crime was commited against one of the special few who could have paved the way for humanity to reach for a new golden way had they been allowed to work without intolerance.
I am glad I've been enlightened about her this Sunday evening, I hope the rest of humanity will find its own enlightenment in time.
Standuble 8 months ago
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Loved this movie.
1955JAFO 11 months ago
Today is Womens Day..I lift the and honer Hypatia of Alexandria..
Her life was tragically ended like many other women through out the ages and today.. Due to ideology and indoctrination..May the light of the Divine Feminine invoke each of us to reclaim our places as the Goddess, Mother, Warioresses, and Priestess that we truly are..creating balance, love, and truth...
Starseedjourney 11 months ago
Had these abrahmic faiths not plundered and ancient civlizations of egypt and india and china had come closer,the worl d would have been a very different place.No religious bigotry and a more humane world.
siddarthkoul100 1 year ago 15
Good series about the rise and fall of the Roman empire if anyone is interested.
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adrenacrumb 1 year ago
I feel deeply touched. Religion really poisons everything. And the intake of this poison is rewarded with sainthood and praise. I cannot say how much I dislike the agents of destruction.
PatrickAlbers 1 year ago
I strongly recommend to watch the whole movie "Agora"...
Nalae1978 1 year ago 12
I once heard that had the Library survived humans would have reached to moon around 1700.
deepashtray 1 year ago
@deepashtray i kinda doubt we would have figured out how to steer a rocket-propelled ship that early, not to mention the whole recycling oxygen thing. And its a moot point anyways, it was next to impossible for centers of learning to remain safe for long in the ancient world. the Library in alexandria was sacked and burned at least 4 times
plateofshrimp80s 1 year ago
@plateofshrimp80s you can't deny that society would be much more advanced in nearly every aspect (scientifically, philosophically, ethically, etc) had the library survived. So much greek advances in medicine and science lost. The few that survived were used by the muslims and gave them a golden age, while europeans wallowed in ignorance and superstition.
Drgamedood 11 months ago
@deepashtray
I think if the hellenistic civilizations were not destroyed, we are more likely to be on the moon by 1000AD, and far out of solar system by now.
caodapengtj 4 months ago
@caodapengtj That would be cool! Of course, it's also very likely we would have developed the atomic bomb that much earlier as well.
deepashtray 4 months ago