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1882
Volume 69, Issue 1
  • ISSN: 0017-0461
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Abstract

Abstract

La storia Ipazia di Alessandria è stata tramandata da un esiguo numero di fonti antiche e la sua biografia appare fortemente incerta. Tuttavia la tradizione moderna ha dedicato alla filosofa una vasta produzione di opere storiche, romanzi e studi filologici. Il presente articolo si propone di distinguere ciò che risale alle varie tradizioni antiche e ciò che si può far rientrare nella moderna invenzione del mito di Ipazia.

Abstract

Information on Hypatia are transmitted by few ancient literary sources and her biography is deeply uncertain. However, since the eighteenth century scholars have dedicated to the philosopher women a great number of works, novels and studies. This work represents an attempt to discern what belongs to the ancient tradition and what depends on the modern invention of Hypatia’s myth.

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