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2. hypatia zavrsna
- 2. She was born in Alexandria, there are only few information about her but heres the most important details about her life.
- 3. The old reports are often vague and inconsistent, except for the dramatic way in which they lost their lives, an event that undoubtedly influenced her name to be remembered.
- 5. Hypatians father, Teon, was a mathematician and astronomer at a museum in Alexandria. Hypatia probably got an education that included mathematics and astronomy, as well as training in the Neoplaton school.
- 6. She is thought to have written math books containing comments on the Apollonian Conifers from Perga, as well as comments on Diophantus. She taught astronomy and mathematics, as well as the philosophical teachings of Plato and Aristotle.
- 7. Although the old writers do not agree on the reasons for her murder, everyone agrees that Hypatia has been attacked by the crowd and she was killed. One of the reasons for this violence is that she was considered dangerous by the fanatical Christians as a neoplatonist.
- 8. Other sources say she was a close friend of Orestes, who was also her former student, that he relied heavily on her court, and that she was in the midst of a political struggle.
- 9. The attack on Hypatia occurred in 415 in the streets of Alexandria. The ravaged thug of the supporters of the Patriarch Kirill of Alexandria, led by Peter Reader, pulled out from the car in the passage to the new- born and the last librarian of the Library, pulled her to the ground, dragged her to the nearby church and savagely squeezed her hands, crushing her shells with sharp bones.
- 10. Unfortunately, Hypatia was remembered more by her violent death than by her own research and inventions.