Hypatia (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Kingsley
- First Published: 1853
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: Fifth century
- Setting: Egypt and Italy
- Principal Characters: Philammon, Hypatia, Raphael Aben-Ezra, Miriam, Amal, Pelagia, Orestes
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Values, Philosophy or philosophers, Revolutionaries, Slavery or slaves, Jews or Jewish life, Riots, Egypt or Egyptians, Italy or Italians, Greek or Roman times, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Theology
- Locales: Roman Empire, Alexandria, Egypt
The Story:
Philammon might never have left the little colony of monks three hundred miles above Alexandria if he had not strayed into an ancient temple in search of kindling. There, on the temple walls, he saw paintings of a life unknown to him in his monastic retreat, and he longed to visit the greater outside world. That very day, against the advice of the abbot and Aufugus, a monk whom he highly respected, he started out in a small boat and traveled down the river toward Alexandria.
In that splendid city at the mouth of the Nile lived Hypatia, the beautiful...
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