Alexandria, 415 CE. The great city on the Nile Delta is a crucible of Roman power, Greek learning, and rising Christian authority. In its streets, the philosopher and mathematician Hypatia — one of antiquity's most remarkable women — becomes a flashpoint for religious and political violence. This episode follows Hypatia's life: her father Theon, her teaching of Neoplatonism and astronomy, her role as a trusted advisor to the Roman prefect Orestes, and the escalating conflict between the Christian bishop Cyril and the city's Jewish community. We explore the riots that destroyed the Serapeum, the murder of the philosopher Hierax, and the gruesome lynching of Hypatia herself — a death that shocked the empire and marked the end of an era. Along the way, we confront the sources: the historian Socrates Scholasticus, the later accounts of John of Nikiu and Damascius, and the contested legacy of Hypatia as both a scholar and a symbol. This is not a story of simple 'science vs religion' — it's a story of political chaos, mob violence, and a woman caught in the middle. For listeners of our earlier Nile episodes on the Rosetta Stone, the nilometer, and the Scorpion King, this is a very different river story — one of Alexandria's bloodiest chapters. #Hypatia #Alexandria #Nile #RomanEgypt #Neoplatonism #CyrilOfAlexandria #Orestes #Serapeum #Theon #SocratesScholasticus #JohnOfNikiu #Damascius #Ptolemaic #LateAntiquity #WomenInHistory #History #FexingoHistory #AncientPhilosophy Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
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