Discovering Astronomy. Excerpt from “Hypatia of Alexandria”
After failing at spinning, Hypatia follows her father to the roof of their home and discovers the wonders of the stars.
One year later Hypatia sat at a small wooden table. Carefully copying letters from a baked clay tablet, she etched practice lines of each letter into the wax sheet in front of her. Theon bent over her shoulder, “Excellent, except your lower case xi ξ and zêta ζ need work. Here, let me show...
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