4 The Terrible Patriarch of Alexandria

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Note of the Author vii
3. Preface ix
4. Contents xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part I: Setting out the Facts
7. 1 Once there was a Woman 5
8. 2 The Destruction of the Serapeum 13
9. 3 Elegant Insolence 19
10. 4 The Terrible Patriarch of Alexandria 24
11. 5 Good Use of Power 31
12. 6 Treacherous Zeal 35
13. 7 The Bishop of Nikiu 39
14. 8 A Three-Handed Game 43
15. 9 The Intimidation of Orestes 47
16. 10 Mortal Envy 53
17. 11 The Cover-Up 61
18. Part II: Betraying the Facts
19. 12 The Glory of Her Own Sex and the Wonder of Ours 67
20. 13 The Excesses of Fanaticism 71
21. 14 A Very Beautiful and Well-educated Woman is Torn Asunder 77
22. 15 From Fielding to Gibbon Passing Through the Shadow of a Donkey 82
23. 16 The Catholic Wing 87
24. 17 Refreshing Exceptions 93
25. 18 Uncontrolled Effects on the Poets 98
26. 19 New Faces For Old Foes 104
27. 20 Kulturkampf. Hypatia à la Bismarck 108
28. 21 Celestial Virgin 112
29. 22 Miraculous Devotion. Chateaubriand, Péguy and the Flourishing of Feminist Literature 118
30. 23 Superfluous Heroisms 125
31. 24 The Force of the Universe 129
32. 25 A Name, a Mantra 132
33. Part III: Interpreting the Facts
34. 26 May the Witnesses Return to the Court 137
35. 27 The DNA of the Ancient Tradition 141
36. 28 Church and State 146
37. 29 An Age of Anxiety 149
38. 30 Hypatia in All Her States of Being 154
39. 31 What Did Hypatia Teach? 162
40. 32 All Synesius’ Mysteries 172
41. 33 Synesius, Hypatia and Philosophia 178
42. 34 Women Who Philosophised 186
43. 35 The Power of Hypatia 191
44. 36 Dramatis Personae 197
45. 37 Hypatia’s Sacrifice 201
46. 38 The Martyrdom of Hypatia 206
47. 39 A Question of Method 209
48. 40 The Eminence of Hypatia 211
49. Aftershock: And What If… 217
50. Bibliography 223
51. Index of Names 258