SUITE HYPATIA

1st  Movement: The Teacher

I.
Long ago in Alexandria...
a hub of knowledge in the ancient world;
chaste and beautiful;
brilliant as the Sun that shines
was her mind.

II.
She taught mathematics and philosophy.
Her students came from far and wide.
I can see her in my mind's eye,
standing straight and proud,
and pointing to a higher beauty.

 Chorus:
Hypatia!
You lit up the night.
The dignity of woman, 
shining oh so bright...

Hypatia!
You could not foresee;
your death at the hands of 
the denizens
of envy.

2nd Movement: Reflections

A) In The Shadow Of The Church
B) The Teacher And Her Students
C) In the Hands Of The Righteous

3rd Movement: The Martyr

III.
Her teaching was so influential, but
her allegiance was suspect.
The guardians of "orthodoxy" deemed her,
a force that must be checked.

IV.
They dragged you from your teaching post.
Stripped you naked in the street.
And for your intelligence and beauty,
reduced you to a bloody heap...

Chorus:
Hypatia!
Down ages dark and long;
somehow the memory lingers,
of how you suffered wrong.

Hypatia!
Your soul it did not die.
If you can hear me now
have pity,
on our ignorance...

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