Hypatia Of Alexandria

Afbeeldingen

Artikel vergelijken

  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780674437760
  • 01 oktober 1996
  • 176 pagina's
Alle productspecificaties

Samenvatting

Hypatia—brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty—was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415 and has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia's life and death, and new insight into her colorful world.



Hypatia—brilliant mathematician, eloquent Neoplatonist, and a woman renowned for her beauty—was brutally murdered by a mob of Christians in Alexandria in 415. She has been a legend ever since. In this engrossing book, Maria Dzielska searches behind the legend to bring us the real story of Hypatia's life and death, and new insight into her colorful world.

Historians and poets, Victorian novelists and contemporary feminists have seen Hypatia as a symbol—of the waning of classical culture and freedom of inquiry, of the rise of fanatical Christianity, or of sexual freedom. Dzielska shows us why versions of Hypatia's legend have served her champions' purposes, and how they have distorted the true story. She takes us back to the Alexandria of Hypatia's day, with its Library and Museion, pagan cults and the pontificate of Saint Cyril, thriving Jewish community and vibrant Greek culture, and circles of philosophers, mathematicians, astronomers, and militant Christians. Drawing on the letters of Hypatia's most prominent pupil, Synesius of Cyrene, Dzielska constructs a compelling picture of the young philosopher's disciples and her teaching. Finally she plumbs her sources for the facts surrounding Hypatia's cruel death, clarifying what the murder tells us about the tensions of this tumultuous era.

Productspecificaties

Inhoud

Taal
en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
01 oktober 1996
Aantal pagina's
176
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Maria Dzielska
Hoofduitgeverij
Harvard University Press

Vertaling

Eerste Vertaler
F. Lyra

Overige kenmerken

Editie
New edition
Extra groot lettertype
Nee
Product breedte
140 mm
Product hoogte
13 mm
Product lengte
210 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
210 mm
Verpakking hoogte
29 mm
Verpakking lengte
210 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
200 g

EAN

EAN
9780674437760
Nog geen reviews

Kies gewenste uitvoering

Prijsinformatie en bestellen

De prijs van dit product is 34 euro en 48 cent.
Op voorraad
Select
Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis
Verkoop door bol
In winkelwagen
  • Prijs inclusief verzendkosten, verstuurd door bol
  • Ophalen bij een bol afhaalpunt mogelijk
  • 30 dagen bedenktijd en gratis retourneren
  • Dag en nacht klantenservice

Vaak samen gekocht

  • Hypatia Of Alexandria
    40,99
    Verkoop door bol