Hypatia I

The Life and Times of Hypatia of Alexandria

A movie recently released in Spain, other parts of Europe, and in art houses of the East and West Coasts deals with two signal events in the history of Alexandria: the destruction of the Serapeum and the murder of the philosopher Hypatia.  Although praised by the Usual Suspects, it is clearly inspired by the tendentious account given by Carl Sagan in his series Cosmos.  By this account, Hypatia, the last librarian of the great Library of Alexandria...