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In the year 408, Hypatia, daughter of Theon, in Alexandria, discouraged an amorous student. How?
It's a fairly famous story. First to get the right answer gets the 10 points.
4 Answers
- ZsokaLv 41 decade ago
the Suda (or alternatively Suidas, is a massive 10th century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world) is one such source, which also tells the story of Hypatia rebuffing a suitor by throwing sanitary napkins at him. However, this account is not altogether reliable..
- Soda PopinskiLv 61 decade ago
I know that Hypatia is a pagan martyr, murdered by Christians by refusing to convert.
This was quite common then.
I don't know what she did though to discourage an amorous student.
- 1 decade ago
She picked up and threw Tampon, the young man's teacher, at him. Hence the myth of the sanitary napkin. Hypatia was a sturdy one.
