The contemporary Christian historiographer Socrates Scholasticus described her in Ecclesiastical History: “ There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. providing web space and server support for the project. I… Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus. The current critical edition is that of Hansen (1995). Factfile: Hypatia of Alexandria. Having succeeded to the school of Plato and Plotinus, she explained the principles of philosophy to her … Socrates Scholasticus: the Manuscripts of the "Church History" The Church History of Socrates Scholasticus is a continuation of the Church History of Eusebius of Caesarea.. Hypatia was hunted down and kidnapped by a magistrate called Peter and his fellow Christians and taken to the church at Caesareum. her from her carriage, they took her to the church called Caesareum, where THERE was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the And of course there’s a film to go along with it, which I tend … her carriage, they took her to the church called Caesareum, where As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, she also taught philosophy and astronomy. Socrates Scholasticus presents Hypatia’s murder as entirely politically motivated and makes no mention of any role that Hypatia’s paganism might have played in her death. the tenth consulate of Honorius, and the sixth of Theodosius. The Life of Hypatia By Socrates Scholasticus, from his Ecclesiastical History [Socrates Scholasticus was born in Constantinople c. 380, and died c. 450. Likewise, Damascius remembers her as pagan martyr in an increasingly hostile Christian age (this, of course, in spite of the close ties she kept with church-going intellectuals throughout her career). jealousy which at that time prevailed. His Ecclesiastical History (in Greek, 7 volumes) continues the work of Eusebius for the period from A.D. 305 to 439. admired her the more. Home; Books; Search; Support. For all men on account of her extraordinary dignity Hypatia was born around 355 into the Roman elite and educated by her famed mathematician father Theon; she would live in his house and work alongside him for her entire life. 15. This affair brought not the least opprobrium, Hypatia was an associate of Orestes, the Roman political leader of Alexandria and a rival of the Christian bishop Cyril for control of the city. month of March during Lent, in the fourth year of Cyril's episcopate, under This happened in the month A few years later, according to one report, Hypatia was brutally murdered by the Nitrian monks who were a fanatical sect of Christians who were supporters of Cyril. By Socrates Scholasticus, from his Ecclesiastical History Reprinted with permission from Alexandria 2 THERE WAS a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. of massacres, fights, and transactions of that sort. Personal Details and The End. Theophilus was militantly opposed to Iamblichean Neoplatonism and, in 391, he demolished the Serapeum. jealousy which at that time prevailed. to a place called Cinaron, and there burnt them. She was known for being very eloquent and virtuous, easily able to hold her own among men. had acquired in consequence of the cultivation of her mind, she 82-84). © Site Concept and Design: Paul Halsall created 26 Jan 1996: latest revision 20 January 2021 [CV], created 26 Jan 1996: latest revision 20 January 2021 [, Fordham University Center Pagan Memory Calendar This is the life of Hypatia in the version by Socrates Scholasticus, told in his Historia Ecclesiastica; English translation based on the Italian version found on … the Fordham University Center Hypatia’s death marked the end of paganism and the triumph of Christianity, the final act of a one-hundred-year-old feud waged by the new religion against the ancient world. 439.] Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass named Peter, waylaid her returning home, and dragging her from Other writers include Socrates Scholasticus, who wrote about her in Ecclesiastical History in 440. Socrates Scholasticus presents Hypatia’s murder as entirely politically motivated and makes no mention of any role that Hypatia’s paganism might have played in her death. Haar tijdgenoot, de christelijke historicus Socrates Scholasticus, schetst het volgende portret van haar in zijn Kerkgeschiedenis : Er was in Alexandrië een vrouw met de naam Hypatia, dochter van de filosoof Theoon, die in de literatuur en wetenschap zo succesvol was, dat zij alle filosofen van haar tijd overtrof. According to this account, in 415 a feud began over Jewish dancing exhibitions in Alexandria, which attracted large crowds and were commonly prone to civil disorder of varying degrees. tearing her body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs to a place called Both Socrates Scholasticus and John of Nikiu—and nearly every other text that describes Hypatia's life—tell the same story of her end, of the actions the Christians took to silence her "power" over Orestes. The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and copy-permitted Wherefore she had great spite and envy owed unto her, and because Socrates Scholasticus, a contemporary, gives an account very sympathetic to Hypatia, while to John of Nikiu, writing a couple centuries later, Hyaptia was a satanic, devil-worshipping figure. not unfrequently appeared in public in presence of the magistrates. Socrates, also called Socrates Scholasticus, Greek Sokrates, (born c. 380, Constantinople—died c. 450), Byzantine church historian whose annotated chronicle, Historia ecclesiastica (“Ecclesiastical History”), is an indispensable documentary source for Christian history from 305 to 439. Other History Sourcebooks: African | East Asian | Global | Indian | Islamic | Jewish |  Lesbian and Gay | Science | Women's, Subsidiary SourcebooksAfricanEastern AsianGlobalIndianJewishIslamicLesbian/GayScienceWomen, Special ResourcesByzantiumMedieval MusicSaints' Lives Ecclesiastical History by Socrates Scholasticus (c. 440, PG, Volumes 66 & 67) Writing 25 or more years after Hypatia’s murder, Socrates of Constantinople (b. He was the first known layperson to write a church history, which he completed c. from a distance to receive her instructions. Despite this, Theophilus tolerated Hypatia's school and seems to have regarded Hypatia as his ally. According to another account (by Socrates Scholasticus) she was killed by an Alexandrian mob under the leadership of the reader Peter. Theophilus supported the bishopric of Hypatia's pupil Synesius, who describes Theophilus in his letters with love and admiration. "There was a woman in Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. ‘On a​ fatal day, in the holy season of Lent, Hypatia was torn from her chariot, stripped naked, dragged to the church, and inhumanly butchered by the hands of Peter the reader, and a troop of savage and merciless fanatics: her flesh was scraped from her bones with sharp oyster shells, and her quivering limbs were delivered to the flames.’ Hypatia: An Annotated Bibliography Halsall, Paul. Hypatia (1885) by Charles William Mitchell. “Neither did she feel abashed in going to an assembly of men. of the cultivation of her mind, she not unfrequently appeared in public This text is part of the Internet Medieval Source Book. Of Hypatia the Female Philosopher. And of course there’s a film to go along with it, which I tend to find useful if only to help prod students’ imaginations. The Ecclesiastical History eBook: Scholasticus, Socrates, Boer, Paul, Zenos, A.C.: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store they completely stripped her, and then murdered her with tiles. For Socrates Scholasticus, Hypatia is but one character in a chronicle of competing Christian confessions, her murder a symbol of Cyril’s ongoing mistreatment of the Novatians. Home | Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook |  Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page Hypatia: An Annotated Bibliography Halsall, Paul. Th… Neither did she feel abashed in coming to an assembly of men. The history covers the years 305 to 439, and experts believe it was finished in 439 or soon thereafter, and certainly during the lifetime of Emperor Theodosius II, i.e., before 450. Ecclesiastical dissensions occupy the foreground, for when the Church is at peace, there is nothing for the church historian to relate (7.48.7). And surely nothing can be farther Fordham University History Department, and the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies in Last modified June 1997. Hypatia was hunted down and kidnapped by a magistrate called Peter and his fellow Christians and taken to the church at Caesareum. In The Historia Ecclesiastica, Socrates Scholasticus says that Hypatia wrote a commentary on Apollonius of Perga’s Conic Sections. Due to the fact that wiki has some great starter articles, and I don’t necessarily have the time to write some of my own, but feel that there are some people who deserve greater notoriety. 439.] of March during Lent, in the fourth year of Cyril's episcopate, Scholasticus' account. Of the many accounts of Hypatia's death, the most complete is the one written around 415 by Socrates Scholasticus and included in the Historia Ecclesiastica (Ecclesiastical History).. Personal Details and The End. but the word was also applied to brick tiles used on the roofs of houses. Ecclesiastical History, Socrates Scholasticus Orestes, the governor of … Christian populace, that it was she who prevented Orestes from Hypatia's murder] brought not the least opprobrium, not only upon Cyril, but also upon the whole Alexandrian church. in presence of the magistrates. Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the Neither did she feel abashed in going to Socrates Scholasticus was interpreted as saying that, while she was still alive, Hypatia's flesh was torn off using oyster shells (tiles; the Greek word is ostrakois, which literally means "with or by oystershells" but the word was also used for brick tiles on the roofs of houses and for pottery sherds). Socrates of Constantinople (Greek: Σωκράτης ὁ Σχολαστικός; c. 380 – after 439), also known as Socrates Scholasticus, was a 5th-century Christian church historian, a contemporary of Sozomen and Theodoret. 380, d.?) And surely science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. He personally taught her in the arts, literature, mathematics, science and philosophy, pretty much everything he knew. Hypatia’s death marked the end of paganism and the triumph of Christianity, ... she not infrequently appeared in public in presence of the magistrates,” wrote Socrates Scholasticus, her contemporary in Constantinople. Socrates Scholasticus wrote that “she far surpassed all the philosophers of her time,” and was greatly respected for her “extraordinary dignity and virtue.” [Ecclesiastical History] Hypatia’s house was an important intellectual center in a city distinguished for its learning. Neoplatonism may be described as a species of dynamic panentheism. Knowledge about the life of Socrates Scholasticus comes exclusively from his work Historia Ecclesiastica (Church History), which is, however, one of the most reliable works of historical writing. Translation as in Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers. Hypatia's death in 415 is authenticated by an ancient, nearly contemporary, account of the church historian Socrates Scholasticus (Valesius, 1680; Deakin, 1996, pp. and virtue admired her the more. Socrates Scholasticus praises Hypatia and deplores her murder, writing: "This affair [i.e. Hypatia never married and had no children. Yet even she fell victim to the political Hypatia’s death marked the end of paganism and the triumph of Christianity, the final act of a one-hundred-year-old feud waged by the new religion against the ancient world. of the self-possession and ease of manner, which she had acquired in consequence Cyril would need another way of getting to the prefect if he wanted to exert his power over the city as a whole, and, fatally for her, he would find it in the quiet person of Hypatia. Socrates Scholasticus . For as she had frequent Socrates, also called Socrates Scholasticus, Greek Sokrates, (born c. 380, Constantinople—died c. 450), Byzantine church historian whose annotated chronicle, Historia ecclesiastica (“Ecclesiastical History”), is an indispensable documentary source for Christian history from 305 to 439. Hypatia was hunted down and kidnapped by a magistrate called Peter and his fellow Christians and taken to the church at Caesareum. Ecclesiastical History of Socrates Scholasticus. nothing can be farther from the spirit of Christianity than the allowance Socrates Scholasticus also offered a detailed overview of the unfortunate circumstances that eventually led to the murder of Hypatia in her beloved city. AD 350–370, d. 415) was an Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher in Egypt who was the first well-documented woman in mathematics. THERE WAS a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Yet even she fell a victim to the political The story by Socrates Scholasticus written soon after Hypatia's death and the version written by John of Nikiu of Egypt more than 200 years later disagree in considerable detail, although both were written by Christians. He supposing this to be a snare laid for him by Cyril, exclaimed that he was a Christian, and had been baptized by Atticus the bishop at Constantinople” (Socrates Scholasticus, Ecclesiastical History, book … In The Historia Ecclesiastica, Socrates Scholasticus says that Hypatia wrote a commentary on Apollonius of Perga’s Conic Sections. Socrates Scholasticus’ account is the closest in time to the events and clearly states that Hypatia “fell a victim to the political jealousy which at that time prevailed”. Hypatia never married and had no children. AD 350–370, d. 415) was an Alexandrine Neoplatonist philosopher in Egypt who was the first well-documented woman in mathematics. being reconciled to the bishop. Both Socrates Scholasticus and John of Nikiu—and nearly every other text that describes Hypatia's life—tell the same story of her end, of the actions the Christians took to silence her "power" over Orestes. not the least opprobrium, not only upon Cyril, but also upon Socrates Scholasticus’ account is the closest in time to the events and clearly states that Hypatia “fell a victim to the political jealousy which at that time prevailed”. an assembly of men. Instead, he reasons that “she fell a victim to the political jealousy which at that time prevailed. In The Historia Ecclesiastica, Socrates Scholasticus says that Hypatia wrote a commentary on Apollonius of Perga’s Conic Sections. © Paul Halsall June 1997 Socrates Scholasticus, a contemporary, gives an account very sympathetic to Hypatia, while to John of Nikiu, writing a couple centuries later, Hyaptia was a satanic, devil-worshipping figure. Hypatia’s murder is described in the writings of the fth-century Christian historian, Socrates Scholasticus: \All men did both reverence and had her in admiration for the singular modesty of her mind. And surely nothing can be farther from the spirit of Christianity than the allowance of massacres, fights, and transactions of that sort." 15. Other writers include Socrates Scholasticus, who wrote about her in Ecclesiastical History in 440. Hypatia's Death . This has not survived. Reprinted with permission from Alexandria 2 [1993, pp. She was best known as a teacher, eventually becoming the head of the Alexandrian neoplatonic school. The purpose of the history is to continue the work of Eusebius of Caesarea (1.1). Hypatia’s murder is described in the writings of the fth-century Christian historian, Socrates Scholasticus: \All men did both reverence and had her in admiration for the singular modesty of her mind. As head of the Platonist school at Alexandria, she also taught philosophy and astronomy. On account all the philosophers of her own time. From 382 – 412, the bishop of Alexandria was Theophilus. fights, and transactions of that sort. document is copyright. use. Some of them therefore, hurried Fordham University, "Medieval Sourcebook: Socrates Scholasticus: The Murder of Hypatia (late 4th Cent.) This happened in the Hypatia (b. ca. with Orestes, it was calumniously reported among the Christian populace, How-To Tutorials; Suggestions; Machine Translation Editions; Noahs Archive Project; About Us. It relates in simple Greek language what the Church experienced from the days of Constantineto the writer's time. Both Socrates Scholasticus and John of Nikiu—and nearly every other text that describes Hypatia’s life—tell the same story of her end, of the actions the Christians took to silence her “power” over Orestes. Some of them, therefore, hurried away by a fierce and bigoted zeal, whose Medieval Sourcebook, and other medieval components of the project, are located at For as she had frequent interviews with Orestes, it was calumniously reported among the Christian populace that it … Home > Fathers of the Church > Church History (Socrates Scholasticus) > Book VII. Film: Ancient For Socrates Scholasticus, Hypatia is but one character in a chronicle of competing Christian confessions, her murder a symbol of Cyril’s ongoing mistreatment of the Novatians. There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. On account of the self-possession and ease of manner, which she Socrates Scholasticus: The Murder of Hypatia (Late 4th Cent) The above source is about a woman known as Hypatia, the female philosopher who was a daughter to a great philosopher called Theon who made great achievements in science and literature to the extent that … Cinaron, and there burnt them. not only upon Cyril, but also upon the whole Alexandrian church. He was the first known layperson to write a church history, which he completed c. Hypatia's death in 415 is authenticated by an ancient, nearly contemporary, account of the church historian Socrates Scholasticus (Valesius, 1680; Deakin, 1996, pp. Both Socrates Scholasticus and John of Nikiu—and nearly every other text that describes Hypatia’s life—tell the same story of her end, of the actions the Christians took to silence her “power” over Orestes. There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. After tearing her body in pieces, they took her mangled limbs the institutional owner, and is not liable as the result of any legal action. Fordham University, “Medieval Sourcebook: Socrates Scholasticus: The Murder of Hypatia (late 4th Cent.) Instead, he reasons that “she fell a victim to the political jealousy which at that time prevailed. What comes down to us is similar to the story given by Socrates Scholasticus—Hypatia is a learned woman, esteemed for her knowledge and behavior—but Damascius leaves out the political overtones leading up to her death. many of whom came from a distance to receive her instructions. This has not survived. Hypatia of Alexandria was the first woman to make a substantial contribution to the development of mathematics. 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