In Egypt in the 4th century AD, Hypatia, who lived in Alexandria, was an outstanding Egyptian female mathematician, astrologer, and philosopher. She devoted herself to the collection and sorting of the wisdom of ancient civilizations, but she was gradually emerging at the time. Christianity is regarded as a pagan and a thorn in the eye. Hypatia's slave Dausloves his mistress on the one hand, and hopes to join Christianity in exchange for freedom on the other. However, the two are incompatible like fire and water, leaving him in a deep conflict. However, Hipatia was eventually killed by the Christian mob
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Agora movie plot
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Agora quotes
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Hypatia: Ever since Plato, all of them - Aristarchus, Hipparchus, Ptolemy - they have all, all, all tried to reconcile their observations with circular orbits. But what if another shape is hiding in the heavens?
Davus: Another shape? Lady, there is no shape more pure than the circle; you taught us that.
Hypatia: I know, I know, but suppose - just suppose! - the purity of the circle has blinded us from seeing anything beyond it! I must begin all over with new eyes. I must rethink everything!... What if we dared to look at the world just as it is. Let us shed for a moment every preconceived idea - what shape would it show us?
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Davus: I was forgiven but now I can't forgive.
Ammonius: Forgive? Who the Jews?
Davus: Well Jesus pardoned them on the cross.