Hypatia

[ hahy-pey-shuh, -pat-ee-uh ]

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Hypatia

/ haɪˈpeɪʃɪə /

Hypatia415FGreekPHILOSOPHY: philosopherPOLITICS: politician died 415 ad , Neo-Platonist philosopher and politician, who lectured at Alexandria. She was murdered by a Christian mob

Hypatia

/ hī-pā′shə /

Greek philosopher who was the first notable woman mathematician and astronomer. She invented instruments used to view the stars and wrote commentaries on mathematics and astronomy, though none of them survives.

I have sustained this assertion in two articles on Hypatia, published in "Historical Sketches," 1855.

Ah, Hypatia, if you could know what a dreary disenchanted blank you have made of my life!

He cleans and adjusts his glasses—to discover that he is face to face with Miss Hypatia Prendergast.

Hypatia won't have the chance of ragging you now—she and Miss Trotter have had a bit of a breeze.

Later—Mr. Van Boodeler has joined the party; Hypatia has contrived to detach her brother.

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