Miss Mary's Victorian and Vintage Image Archive » Egyptian http://missmary.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:53:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Agora and Hypatia http://missmary.com/2009/05/18/agora-and-hypatia/ http://missmary.com/2009/05/18/agora-and-hypatia/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 01:27:58 +0000 Miss Mary http://missmary.com/?p=61 Thrilled to learn that a movie about Hypatia, “Agora”, with Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, will be released December 18th. Below are two of my vintage editions of Charles Kingsley’s 1853 fictionalized novel Hypatia, or New foes with an Old Face.

Hypatia

Two Victorian Era Editions of Hypatia, or New Foes with an Old Face

I love an epic period film, and the subject of Hypatia is close to my heart. Having a life-long appreciation of Egyptian history, I was horrified when at an early age (11 or so) I read how Hypatia was brutally murdered by an angry mob incited by “Saint” Cyril of Alexandria. It was that act that is the reason behind why I shun organized religion.

There is a trailer on YouTube: Agora Trailer

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