Quodlibeta: Hypatian Hypotheses

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Hypatian Hypotheses

Over at Armarium Magnum Tim O'Neill posted about Hypatia and the Library of Alexandria a year ago, and again more recently. In case that's not enough for you, Michael Flynn has posted a brief afterthought on the subject, "The Mean Streets of Old Alexandria". Here are the links:

Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
Part VII
Part VIII
Part IX

Enjoy.

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4 comments:

JohhnyontheSpot said...: Ah, Flynn always knows how to make history come alive.

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Say, maybe he and James might want to collaborate on a new book?

I'm just saying...men with similar gifts might be wise to pool those gifts in the interests of literature and learning.; 8:29 am
Anonymous said...: This is incredibly good. I'm so glad someone took the pains to compose a historical synopsis of this sort. It's well-researched and the perfect antidote to all the folks out there claiming that Amenábar's movie was in some way "authentic" or "plausible".; 6:14 pm
Humphrey said...: This is great, although I suspect it'll delay the arrival of Flynn's next book for quite some time.; 11:03 am
TheOFloinn said...: Na. Dzielska did all the heavy lifting. I just did laid out the whole thing as a chronology including the backstory and the sequelae.; 12:07 am

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Hypatian Hypotheses

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