Hypatia and the Clash of Civilizations in Late Antiquity
Sunday 19 September 2010
by: Evaggelos Vallianatos, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed
When the Greeks spoke of "agora," they meant a place for political discussion, jury trials, and a market. In other words, agora was the center of Greek life.
In October 9, 2009, the Spanish movie producer, Alejandro Amenabar, released a film he pointedly named "Agora," in which he zeroed in the clash of Greek and Christian civilizations in the fourth and fifth centuries in Alexandria, Egypt.
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