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Resumen Hipatia de Alejandría encarna la defensa del paganismo tardío. De su vida, su labor al frente de la escuela de filosofía, su influencia política y las circunstancias de su muerte se ha escrito mucho, entretejiendo realidad y... more
Resumen Hipatia de Alejandría encarna la defensa del paganismo tardío. De su vida, su labor al frente de la escuela de filosofía, su influencia política y las circunstancias de su muerte se ha escrito mucho, entretejiendo realidad y leyenda, desde la propia Antigüedad. Gracias a la versión cinematográfica de Alejandro Amenábar (Ágora, 2009), el personaje de Hipatia adquirió especial proyección entre el gran público. En este artículo, nos proponemos analizar la imagen de Hipatia ofrecida por Amenábar, teniendo en cuenta buena parte de los testimonios en griego antiguo como Sinesio de Cirene o Sócrates Escolástico, entre otros. Asimismo, analizamos la ambientación histórica de la película, poniéndola en relación con la realidad de la Alejandría del siglo IV-V d. C.
Abstract Hypatia of Alexandria personifies the defense of the late paganism. About her life, her work at the head of the school of philosophy, her political influence and the circumstances of her death has been written very much, interweaving reality and legend, since the Antiquity. Thanks to Alejandro Amenábar's cinematographic version (Ágora, 2009), the figure of Hypatia acquired special projection among people. In this article, we propose to study the Hypatia's image offered by Amenábar, bearing in mind testimonies in ancient Greek as Synesius of Cyrene, or Socrates Scholasticus, and others. Likewise, we will analyze the historical setting of the movie, stablishing its relationship with the reality of Alexandria in the 4th-5th centuries A. D.
Abstract Hypatia of Alexandria personifies the defense of the late paganism. About her life, her work at the head of the school of philosophy, her political influence and the circumstances of her death has been written very much, interweaving reality and legend, since the Antiquity. Thanks to Alejandro Amenábar's cinematographic version (Ágora, 2009), the figure of Hypatia acquired special projection among people. In this article, we propose to study the Hypatia's image offered by Amenábar, bearing in mind testimonies in ancient Greek as Synesius of Cyrene, or Socrates Scholasticus, and others. Likewise, we will analyze the historical setting of the movie, stablishing its relationship with the reality of Alexandria in the 4th-5th centuries A. D.