HYPATIA OF ALEXANDRIA - The Tragedy of a Great Woman, Philosopher & Martyr in the Ancient World

[@starmelodyelizabethb7380]

Hypatia deserves respect

[@ancientmage2669]

My heart still aches for her tragedy. As if I was there when it happened:((

[@KeepCalmandLoveClassics]

Love and Respect from India 🙏🏻

[@TheAstrologyPodcast]

This was really well done!

[@AntiquityforAll]

Thank you!

[@suprabhdwivedi5851]

One of the best Channels I've seen. Extremely impressive, and you shall grow into a giant channel.

[@AntiquityforAll]

Thanks so much for the support! 🤞🤞

[@haimbenavraham1502]

Hypatia & Alexandria a great light onto the ancient world. Extinguished by even greater ignorance, and evil prejudices. A loss beyond which words can relate.

[@MushyHandle]

I heard about her in a Ghost song and wanted to know more. Thanks for the information.

[@andrjsh]

Elevated as a rationalist and feminist martyr, Hypatia has received a glossy shield of apologistic protection and is now a bipedal sacred cow. In the same way, everyone ignores Galileo's falseness and backstabbing and receives the interpretation of the inquiry into his science from biased sources. As well, the violence of the Alexandrian monks was not necessarily approved by the best elements in the local church. (See The Sayings of the Desert Fathers, editor Benedicta Ward.)

[@sunofantiquity1573]

excellent presentation thank you

[@AntiquityforAll]

thank you very much!

[@GrammyTapDancing]

I sobbed 😭 watching this movie 💜

[@JosephKuruppassery]

Good explanation.

[@homebrandrules]

friend fantastic grasp of the ancient languages, yr pronunciation seems flawless ( not that i know), but a question, yr cadence of speech seems to have a Scandinavian lilt to it ( not that i am an expert on that either). could i ask what yr native language is (Anglo English?) and also what is the entirety of your linguistic list ?

[@AntiquityforAll]

Thank you! Yes I’m British so I think my attempts to imitate other languages results in some strange cadences. My linguistic list is (with varying levels of ability!) English, french, Arabic, Hebrew, some Greek and then these attempts at Ancient Greek & Latin. But my own rule is every time I visit a country I try to learn a few phrases beforehand so my ‘extreme beginner’ list is a little longer!

[@homebrandrules]

@@AntiquityforAll i,m impressed. thankyou for taking the time to offer a comprehensive reply. i,d love to learn ancient Greek one day to read the classics directly. I,m really enjoying your content thankyou for your efforts.

[@user-btmbangalore]

A tragedy. I come to conclusion a culture of dialogue and negotiation is evolved over many centuries. In absence of such culture there will always be brutal killing and indecent execution. We have such tendency today too, we don't have this culture of grand prolonged dailogue in many parts of the world yet, not even in some parts of the envied first world. The strength and brilliance a great idea does not need the protection of violent mobs, only a weak concept needs protection of minor violent man/woman. I never understood blasphemy much, never will, something far bigger than human can not be defiled by human. Authoritarianism of religion and non religion is acceptance of an incapacity, the incapacity to honor a new idea. It is anti new idea for it has none.

[@thespartan8476]

A time when Romans thought of war. Greeks thought of philosophy in Alexandria, they thought of thought itself. There is an intelligent Movie to be made in English about Hypatia culture, and Agora - (2009) this isn't it.

[@thedude9941]

That movie about Hypiata is largely fictional, and your statement about the Greeks is ridiculous they were war mongering conquerors, just as much as the Romans.

[@thomasdaywalt7735]

interesting

[@AntiquityforAll]

one of the most interesting women in ancient history!

[@henkstersmacro-world]

👍👍👍

[@kalevala29]

I'm a bit confused. So, she is celebrated for her brilliance in many subjects but no evidence, none of her papers exist, just what others have said about her?😕

[@AntiquityforAll]

I've no doubt there's been a bit of spin over the centuries, but we have some very glowing contemporary accounts of her, some fragmentary evidence of her own writing and there is little reason to doubt that she did in fact run a renowned school of science and philosophy in Alexandria - which is more evidence than exists for many others of the time!

[@kalevala29]

@@AntiquityforAll thanks for responding!

[@TracyD2]

Nothing changes

[@hexusziggurat]

Hi-pay-sha, or Hi-pah-tea-ah, or Hi-peh-deeah

[@user-xs2zx7fk4d]

You forgot to say how christains after killin he destroyd the serapeum of alexandria and burned it's library

[@historian252]

She isn't a martyr and Cyril had nothing to do with her death.

[@corporateturtle6005]

Source? "Trust me bro." 🤡

[@historian252]

@corporateturtle6005 Says the one with no source to provide. Historians agree that Cyril had nothing to do with her death and that she died not because of science but because of her political allegiances.

[@corporateturtle6005]

@@historian252 You made the claim. Not my responsibility to provide any sources for it. Thanks for making no attempt to back up your claim and instead resorted to 1st grade insults to try and change the subject when called out. Should change your yt name to "clownstorian252" to properly showcase your comedy.

[@historian252]

@corporateturtle6005 You say my point is incorrect, yet you provide nothing to disprove it. Sounds to me that you are more of a clown than I ever could be.

[@capitanrex5465]

​@@corporateturtle6005 here iš something. David C.Lindberg, Galileo goes to Jail: And other Myths about Science and Religion, ed. Ronald L. Numbers (Cambridge; London; Harvard University Press, 2010),9

[@blabla-kk8bl]

Partriarch Cyril was enemy of christians also , he was sick and he is the reason of division of church as east and west. He was against Nestor of constontinopol .