Hypatia

Daughter of Pandorsion, 

birthed from a city of marvel

apexed at the ends of persuasion

revealing your woven gospel.

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Prophet of the stars,

of dignity and of reason,

you unravel the world with figures

as you grow throughout the seasons.

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“Sapientia semper ēsuriō,”

fruition is difficult to reach—

hold fast to your beautiful convictions,

soon the whole world will see.

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How the stars rest just at their fingertips,

engraved in rivers and stones,

the world revolves and evolves

as you pursue your restless hopes.

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Yet your admirers admire only in folly

never truly for what you are—

a woman of blood, ribbons, and stardust,

and the furious intellect you devour.

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“Insatiable.” That is what you are,

my daughter of Phoebus and fame,

beauty not loved for beauty’s sake,

yet beloved all the same.

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Though love can quickly turned to hate

when mixed with pious intentions

where the words of man are no longer soft

but corrupted with dark abstentions. 

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Gentle muse of “philosophia”

a glowing thread cut too short

by river stones that fell like the stars

that you studied in your court. 

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The verdict falls on eager ears,

you have heard it all before,

“Mortem ad sapientiam!”

“It is Finished, the witch is no more.”

– River Stones Fall Like Stars

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Hypatia (Biography) Hypatia (born c. 355 CE—died March 415 CE) was a renowned astronomer, mathematician, and philosopher who lived during a very turbulent era in Alexandria’s history. She remains the earliest recorded female mathematician of which we still retain works from. The daughter of Theon of Alexandria, himself both a mathematician and scholar, she is credited with numerous works including (but not limited to) Conics and Diophantus of Alexandria’s Arithmetic (a text on number theory). Despite being incredibly popular as a teacher and philosopher, Hypatia caught the negative attention of Christians and Jews in the area, who thought that her mathematical and philosophical teachings were “pagan” and “heretical.” Tragically, this hatred came to fruition in March of 415, where she was stoned to death by a Christian mob in Alexandria. Her legacy as an intellectual mind, as well as a figure of female empowerment, continues to prevail to this day.