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Prefect Orestes is mocked by monks and Hypatia being dragged from her carriage by Christians
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Two representations on one plate. Above: in the foreground on the right Orestes, prefect of Alexandria. He is mocked by some monks; one of the monks throws a stone at him. In the background patriarch Cyril of Alexandria, preaching against Orestes. Below: the philosopher Hypatia is dragged from her carriage by Christians and dragged to a church to be murdered there.
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Credit linePrefect Orestes wordt door monniken bespot en Hypatia die door Christenen van haar koets wordt getrokken. 1701. Jan Luyken. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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