The book 'real and fictional women in Greece and Rome' reveals that "Hypatia had almost 60 years to die".
Moreover, according to the UGR in a note, this volume contains 26 studies on as many women, real or fictitious, of the Hellenic and Roman civilizations, reflected that "the mathematician, astronomer and philosopher of the Neoplatonic school of Alexandria was a woman about 60 years at the time of his death in 415, according to the Chronicle of Malalas "cited by the UGR Professors Jose Manuel Camacho and Miguel Villena Ponsoda Rojo, in his study entitled" Hypatia of Alexandria ',PP_requests_the_Board_tot; part of the book.
This effect,Researchers_and_artists_created_thes, indicated that the study's authors say on the philosophy that "the evidence from preserved on Hypatia of church history and Damascius Neoplatonism" and point out that "are references to it in letters of Silesio of Cyrene, a disciple and admirer of philosophy of Alexandria. "
He also said that Red and Villena Ponsoda Camacho stated in their study that Hypatia was "best known for the details of his death by his life." They argued that "three dates were proposed to place the time of his birth, around the year 355, between 370 and 375, and to the 390."
Thus, he explains, about his murder there are different interpretations and versions. Thus, researchers of the UGR Scholastic cited Socrates, who said Hypatia "was the victim of a political conflict between the patriarch Cyril and the prefect Orestes and as professor of philosophy at Alexandria, the city enjoyed social prestige, it that allowed him to maintain good relations with political authorities. "
In addition, Scholastic added that "when the prefect Orestes asked and asked for his opinion, she went into a confrontational situation with the Patriarch Cyril. The conflict took place in the year 415, when the Jewish community supported Orestes, representing the emperor, while Cyril the Christian, representing the Church. "
In this regard, notes that, according to Socrates Scholastic, "Hypatia died at the hands of a few hotheads" instead, according to Juan de Nikiu, "at the hands of some believers in God." He further stressed that according to the first, "the crowd headed by a cleric called Peter run to Hypatia on a day in March 415. So, when she returned home, after his usual stroll through the city, was taken from his car and taken to the church of Kaisarion, where he stripped and killed with sharp stones. Then his body dismembered and burned their members. " For his part, Juan de Nikiu noted that "the murder of Hypatia was a witch or magician who wanted to kill Christians."
The book 'real and fictional women, coordinated by professors Pocina and Jesus Maria Andres Garcia, contains 26 studies on as many women, real or fictitious, of Greece, and Rome, among which include work on Phaedra, Lucretia, Cleopatra, Messalina, Hecuba or Lesbia.
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