Review of Agora (2009) by Cathlene B — 04 May 2015

The Spanish movie portrays Hypatia who was a Greek mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher in Egypt. She was the head of the Neoplatonic school at Alexandria, where she taught philosophy and astronomy. She was murdered by a Christian mob after being accused of exacerbating a conflict between two prominent figures in Alexandria: the governor Orestes and the Bishop of Alexandria.

It's amazing she in the 5th century assumed the earth goes around the sun in an elliptical orbit which Johannes Kepler formulated in the 17th century but it's a pity Christians persecuted and executed her as a pagan and witch as well as they destroyed the Library of Alexandria which we can call a symbol of wisdom accumulated by that time. It may not be just because of a religious war but may be because of human nature as we are still suffering from discrimination and terrorism.

I hope we will be free from such a vice someday and all the people live in peace regardless whether they are talented like Hypatia or not.