Unsung Heroes of the Ancient World Season 1 Episode 21 Hypatia and Sosipatra: Female Philosophers

Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle dominate ancient philosophy. But women, too, lived the life of the mind in antiquity. Listen to Hypatia's tragic story, from her command of Alexandrian public life to her gory demise at the hand of zealots. And, reconstruct the life of Sosipatra, a woman philosopher and ethicist active in Asia Minor.