After traveling to Athens, Greece, and gaining fame for her skills as a mathematician, Hypatia returned to Alexandria to teach mathematics at a the same institute as her father. There, she gave lectures on mathematics and philosophy, and she was even said to have lectured on famous philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle.
In addition, Hypatia wrote many essays, although the exact number is unknown because many of her works have since disappeared. However, it has been proven that she analyzed "The Conics of Apollonius" and "Amagest." She also taught that there was an ultimate reality beyond thought or language. She is credited with creating an astrolabe and a planesphere, both devices for studying astronomy, in addition to instruments for distilling and measuring the level of water and finding the specific gravity of liquids.
Hypatia's most famous student was Synesius of Cyrene, future Bishop of Ptolemy. His letters about Hypatia serve as the main source of information about this incredible women.
However, despite her great advancements, many people did not think so highly of Hypatia. Her "radical" beliefs stood in opposition to the dominant Christian religion of the time, and she was declared to be a heretic. When Cyril became the pharaoh of Egypt in 412 A.D., he convinced the people that Hypatia's friendship with Orestes, the prefect of Egypt, was the source of disruption in Egypt. In March of 415 A.D., Hypatia met her premature end when the religious fanatics pulled her off of her chariot on her way to the University, stripped her, dragged her to the church, cut her up, and burned her body.
Despite her horrific demise, Hypatia's work served as a foundation for centuries of mathematics and philosophy to come, in addition to being a model for future women trying to gain equality.
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