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Hypatia: The Rise and Fall of Alexandria’s Ancient Scholar

June 2, 2022

Beauty and brains was Hypatia – the last Alexandrian scholar at the ancient University of Alexandria. To live, is to remain an inspiration, and to die, is to become a legend: Hypatia achieved both, etched into the lives and hearts she touched with her excellence. Today, she lives on with equal renown. Born and raised in Alexandria in 370 AD, Hypatia was the daughter of Theon of Alexandria, a well-known mathematician and astronomer, and the last attested member of the Alexandrian Museum. Little is known about Hypatia’s personal life, but as far as her legacy stands, she was a leading thinker during her time. Hypatia was a popular figure in Alexandria, an ever-beautiful woman renowned for her intelligence and charisma. During her time, Hypatia was the world’s leading mathematician and astronomer. Tutored by her father, she excelled in her specialties, though alongside her fervor for science, Hypatia was a Hellenistic Neoptalantist philosopher and a lover for teaching. She pursued teaching, and eventually, became the head of a Platonist school in Alexandria in 400 AD. “There was a woman in Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such…


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