University of Oregon

Hypatia Tribute to Hypatia of Alexandra

Hypatia, the last great philosopher and mathematician of the Hellenistic Age, who was brutally assassinated by a fanatic christian mob in 415 a.D. Her life, her contribution to science and philosophy, her death marked the end of the Greek Philosophy and Science. Officially, after the death of Hypatia, Europe entered the long and dark period of the Middle Ages.

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