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Ki Longfellow, author of the acclaimed The Secret Magdalene, has now written the astonishing life of Hypatia, famed throughout the Mediterranean world, a beauty and a genius, yet for 17 centuries ignored by history. As the Roman Empire fights for its life and emerging Christianity fights for... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Hypatia of Alexandria: World's greatest mathematician, philosopher, alchemist and cosmologist,, a young woman caught in the early struggle of Christians against Pagans.
- Theon of Alexandria: Hypatia's father, once Alexandria's leading mathematician.
- Minkah the Egyptian: A mysterious man of the streets. Is he who he says he is?
- Cyril of Alexandria: Alexandria's ruthless bishop who is both attracted and repelled by a woman of beauty and genius.
- Lais: Hypatia's elder sister. A mystic and a poet, everything Hypatia admires and struggles to be.
- Jone: Hypatia's younger sister. The cause of her mother's death, shunned by a grieving father, seeking love through a new unquestioned faith.
- Orestes: Add a description of this character.
- Desher
- Synesius
- Isidore
- Augustine
- Theophilus
- Felix Zoilus
- Peter
- Didymus
- Olinda
- Paniwi
- Flavius Anthemius
- Alexander
- Parabalanoi
- Magdalene
- Gundisalv
- Damara
- Pappas
- John Chrysostom
- Arbogast
- Daniel
- Catherine
- Mark
- Cleopatra
- Paulus
- Sophia
- Mary
- Beato
- Helladius
- Diophantus
- Seth
- Mariamne
- Timothy
First Sentence edit
The books will burn!
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 2 in The Divine Feminine. (standard series)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Ki Longfellow (Author)
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