Hypatia /ˌhaɪˈpeɪʃə, -ʃi.ə/hy-PAY-shə, -shee-ə (Greek: Ὑπατίᾱ Hupatíā; born c. AD 350 – 370; died 415), often called Hypatia of Alexandria (Ὑπατίᾱ η Αλεξανδρινή), was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in Egypt, then a part of the Eastern Roman Empire. She was the head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria, where she taught philosophy and astronomy.
According to contemporary sources, Hypatia was murdered by a Christian mob after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between two prominent figures in Alexandria: the governor Orestes and the Bishop of Alexandria.
The mathematician and philosopher Hypatia of Alexandria was the daughter of the mathematician Theon Alexandricus (c. 335 – c. 405). She was educated in Athens. Around AD 400, she became head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, where she imparted the knowledge of Plato and Aristotle to students, including pagans, Christians, and foreigners.
Although contemporary 5th-century sources identify Hypatia of Alexandria as a practitioner and teacher of the philosophy of Plato and Plotinus, two hundred years later, the 7th-century Egyptian Coptic bishop John of Nikiû identified her as a Hellenistic pagan and that "she was devoted at all times to magic, astrolabes and instruments of music, and she beguiled many people through her Satanic wiles". However, not all Christians were as hostile towards her: some Christians even used Hypatia as symbolic of Virtue. The contemporary Christian historiographer Socrates Scholasticus described her in Ecclesiastical History:
Hypatia (c. 370–415), was Greek scholar and philosopher considered the first notable woman in mathematics.
Hypatia may also refer to:
Hypatia is a genus of moths in the family Arctiidae.
At times I do have visions of the past
Some might last but most die fast
Like one Egyptian woman's dire fate
It's easy to destroy hard to create
Cinaron consuming her mangled severed limbs
Cyril is assuming that from now on he's at ease
Drag her off her lofty throne
Take her to Caesareum church
Blind should always lead the blind
And the brave will walk alone
(It's time to burn her blood
The witch will soon be dead)
Savagely butchered skinned to please a god
Brutally mangled it's time to burn her blood
Savagely butchered skinned to please a god
Brutally mangled it's time to burn her blood
Cinaron consuming her mangled severed limbs
Cyril is assuming that from now on he's at ease
Serapeum on fire
Idolatry must end
One last symbol remaining