Hypatia VI

Continued from Part V

The Mean Streets of Old Alexandria: Part VI
The Feud of Cyril and Orestes

AD 412  A Fateful Year.  Orestes becomes the new prefect of Egypt.  He meets Hypatia (now aged 57) and they become friends.  Perhaps, like other important officials, he attends some of her public seminars.  In any case, he consults with her (as with other important citizens) on public questions.  Later that same year (15 October) Theophilus dies.  He had opposed the Novatians and pagans...