Edward J Watts

Hypatia

The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher

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Produktbeschreibung

Hypatia: The Life and Legend of an Ancient Philosopher brings to life Hypatia's intellectual and political triumphs, uncovers the unique challenges she faced as a female teacher in a man's world, details the tragic story of her murder, and shows why her story has fascinated people for 1600 years.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. März 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 158mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 443g
• ISBN-13: 9780190210038
• ISBN-10: 0190210036
• Artikelnr.: 47863562

Autorenporträt

The Alkiviadis Vassiliadis Chair and Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego, Edward Watts studies the intellectual and religious history of the later Roman and early Byzantine Empires. He is the author of three prize-winning books and the editor of three edited volumes. This is his first of two upcoming works for OUP.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
List of figures
Introduction: A Lenten Murder
Chapter 1: Alexandria
Chapter 2: Childhood and Education
Chapter 3: The School of Hypatia
Chapter 4: Middle Age
Chapter 5: A Philosophical Mother and her Children
Chapter 6: The Public Intellectual
Chapter 7: Hypatia's Sisters
Chapter 8: Murder in the Street
Chapter 9: The Memory of Hypatia
Chapter 10: A Modern Symbol
Reconsidering A Legend
Bibliography