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Hypatia

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Hypatia (hīpā`shə), d.415, Alexandrian Neoplatonic philosopher and mathematician, a woman renowned for her learning, eloquence, and beauty. Little is known of her writings. Her fame is largely owing to her barbarous murder by a band of monks, said to have been encouraged by the archbishop, St. Cyril Cyril, Saint (Saint Cyril of Alexandria) (sĭr`əl), d. A.D.
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 of Alexandria (a personal and political enemy of the prefect of Egypt, who was believed to have been Hypatia's lover).
Hypatia
died 415 ad, Neo-Platonist philosopher and politician, who lectured at Alexandria. She was murdered by a Christian mob

Hypatia
(c. 370–415) Greek philosopher, renowned for beauty and wit. [Gk. Hist.: NCE, 1302]


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1995, 'Hearing the difference: Theorizing connection', Hypatia, v.
Ann Manicom, Janet Rhymes, Nan Armour and Doreen Parsons, The Women's Economic Equality Society in Partnership with the Hypatia Project, www.
89-93, and Kelly Oliver, "Julia Kristeva's Feminist Revolutions," Hypatia (1989): 95-114.
 
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