Caption: The imaginative portrait Hypatia by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815--1879). The model is Marie Spartali Stillman (1844--1927).

Hypatia (c.360--415 CE) is the most famous of the very few women philosophers, mathematicians, and astronomers of Greco-Roman antiquity.

She was the daughter of the ancient Greek mathematician and ancient Greek astronomer Theon of Alexandria (c.335--c.405 CE).

Hypatia came very near the end of Greco-Roman antiquity: just before the Middle Ages in one periodization. In philosophy, perhaps one should date the final gasp of Greco-Roman antiquity with the death of Simplicius of Cilicia (c.490--c.560).

Hypatia has her own biopic: Agora (2009 film)---but it shows her as investigating heliocentrism---which she NEVER did in recorded history---but she might have in unrecorded history.

Agora videos (i.e., Agora (2009 film) videos):

1. Agora OST - 02. Alexandria | 2:07: The peppiest of the Agora (2009 film)-Hypatia (360?--415 CE) songs. Jump to 1:10 = 70 s for the classroom.
2. "Agora" (2009) 4th Cen. Alexandrian Rome Epic | 2:07:11: Poorish quality. The high point of 4th century CE Alexandrian Rome epics. Too long for the classroom.

Credit/Permission: Julia Margaret Cameron (1815--1879), 1867 (uploaded to Wikipedia by Derrick Coetzee (AKA User:Dcoetzee), 2010) / Public domain.
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