12 The Glory of Her Own Sex and the Wonder of Ours

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Author’s Note 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 12
9. 3 Elegant Insolence 18
10. 4 The Terrible Patriarch of Alexandria 23
11. 5 Good Use of Power 30
12. 6 Treacherous Zeal 34
13. The Bishop of Nikiu 38
14. 8 A Three-Handed Game 41
15. 9 The Intimidation of Orestes 45
16. 10 Mortal Envy 51
17. 11 The Cover-Up 59
18. Part II: Betraying the Facts
19. 12 The Glory of Her Own Sex and the Wonder of Ours 65
20. 13 The Excesses of Fanaticism 69
21. 14 A Very Beautiful and Well-educated Woman is Torn Asunder 74
22. 15 From Fielding to Gibbon Passing Through the Shadow of a Donkey 79
23. 16 The Catholic Wing 83
24. 17 Refreshing Exceptions 89
25. 18 Uncontrolled Effects on the Poets 94
26. 19 New Faces For Old Foes 100
27. 20 Kulturkampf. Hypatia à la Bismarck 104
28. 21 Celestial Virgin 108
29. 22 Miraculous Devotion. Chateaubriand, Péguy and the Flourishing of Feminist Literature 114
30. 23 Superfluous Heroisms 121
31. 24 The Forces of the Universe 125
32. 25 A Name, a Mantra 127
33. Part III: Interpreting the Facts
34. 26 May the Witnesses Return to the Court 133
35. 27 The DNA of the Ancient Tradition 137
36. 28 Church and State 141
37. 29 An Age of Anxiety 144
38. 30 Hypatia in All Her States of Being 149
39. 31 What Did Hypatia Teach? 157
40. 32 All Synesius’ Mysteries 167
41. 33 Synesius, Hypatia and Philosophia 173
42. 34 Women Who Philosophised 180
43. 35 The Power of Hypatia 185
44. 36 Dramatis Personae 191
45. 37 Hypatia’s Sacrifice 195
46. 38 The Martyrdom of Hypatia 200
47. 39 A Question of Method 203
48. 40 The Eminence of Hypatia 205
49. Aftershock: And What If… 211
50. Bibliography 217
51. Index of Names 250