Warriors, Queens, and Intellectuals: 36 Great Women Before 1400

Hypatia Dies for Intelectual Freedon (1x12)

Air date: Jan 01, 2019

Look at the brilliant and controversial scholar, Hypatia, as she lived, taught, and died in Alexandria in the middle of the 5th century. Her role as a public intellectual and philosopher would make her a rare example of respected female scholarship in a male-dominated world—and would ultimately lead to her murder at the hands of an angry Christian mob.