It's a fairly famous story. First to get the right answer gets the 10 points.
2006-09-06 14:53:51 · 4 answers · asked by David S 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
by throwing sanitary napkins at him...
:)
T.
2006-09-06 14:57:22 · answer #1 · answered by Theophania 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the Suda (or alternatively Suidas, is a massive 10th century Byzantine Greek historical encyclopedia of the ancient Mediterranean world) is one such source, which also tells the story of Hypatia rebuffing a suitor by throwing sanitary napkins at him. However, this account is not altogether reliable..
2006-09-06 22:54:02 · answer #2 · answered by Zsoka 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know that Hypatia is a pagan martyr, murdered by Christians by refusing to convert.
This was quite common then.
I don't know what she did though to discourage an amorous student.
2006-09-06 22:12:24 · answer #3 · answered by Soda Popinski 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She picked up and threw Tampon, the young man's teacher, at him. Hence the myth of the sanitary napkin. Hypatia was a sturdy one.
2006-09-07 01:57:26 · answer #4 · answered by LaBrat 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋