SOURCE: "Hypatia of Alexandria" in Hypatia's Heritage, The Women's Press, 1986, pp. 35-49.
In the following excerpt, Alic summarizes Hypatia's career within the context of the political and intellectual climate of early-fifth-century Alexandria.
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