# Hypatia — Character guide

> Key figures in Hypatia by Charles Kingsley.

- [Philammon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/philammon.md): Philammon comes to Alexandria steeped in the austerities of the Laura, only to be swept into Hypatia's circle of philosophic admirers, where he pours out his soul about her perfections to his host and longs to proclaim h
- [Hypatia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/hypatia.md): Hypatia commands the Museum's gardens and lecture halls, gathering students and questioners who fancy themselves reenacting the days of Athenian sages, yet she watches her most valuable allies slip away one by one. She s
- [Raphael Aben-Ezra](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/raphael_aben_ezra.md): Raphael Aben-Ezra moves through Alexandria as a man whose reputation for wit and mockery precedes him, dreaded by the Philistines even more than the chivalrous Bishop of Cyrene. Hypatia regards him as the one truly unfat
- [Pelagia](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/pelagia.md): Pelagia sweeps into the Museum at the head of her Gothic bodyguard, matching her beauty against Hypatia's and needling the philosophers with reminders of the gifts she has taken from their students. When the crowd taunts
- [Cyril](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/cyril.md): Cyril receives Philammon's account of Hypatia's message with a quiet smile and sends the young monk out into the city's filth and poverty before deciding what to do, a calculated delay that leaves Philammon wrestling wit
- [Orestes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/orestes.md): Orestes comes to Hypatia with news of Heraclian's supposed victory and a confession of four months of quiet preparation, offering himself as a desperate instrument for her pagan cause. He has bought officers, soldiers, a
- [Miriam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/miriam.md): Miriam moves through Alexandria's intrigues as a go-between, delivering Orestes' secret correspondence to Hypatia with obeisances that never lower her gaze. Her haggard face and basilisk stare unnerve even the philosophe
- [Wulf](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/wulf.md): Wulf sits through Hypatia's oration with twinkling approval, then stuns the crowd by paying her a fee and blessing her as a mother of kings. His reverence for her wisdom plants a baffling question in Pelagia's heart: wha
- [Arsenius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/arsenius.md): Arsenius belongs to the ascetic communities whose prayers and renunciations shadow the city's feuds, remembered by former students as 'the good Arsenius.' His retreat from the world is never quite complete; the ties of t
- [Synesius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/synesius.md): Synesius receives the restless Raphael with patient good humor, ferreting out a secret his guest is too proud to confess, forgetting his own melancholy the moment he finds someone to help. A magniloquent, self-conceited 
- [Pambo](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/pambo.md): Pambo governs a monastic community whose charity so embarrasses Orestes that he must bribe deacons to reclaim credit for feeding Alexandria's poor. From this sheltered world of prayer and fasting, he launches Philammon i
- [Theon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/theon.md): Hypatia's elderly father, a mathematician and philosopher, who lives in her shadow.
- [Eudaimon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/eudaimon.md): A servant or attendant in Hypatia's household, often present in her scenes.
- [Smid](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/smid.md): A Gothic warrior, one of Wulf's companions, who provides a rough-hewn perspective.
- [Amalric](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/amalric.md): A Gothic chieftain, a pagan, who is a rival to Wulf and a figure of the old ways.
- [Bran](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/bran.md): A young Gothic warrior, part of Wulf's band, who is loyal and brave.
- [Victoria](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/victoria.md): A Christian woman, possibly a deaconess, who appears in the Christian community of Alexandria.
- [Majoricus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/majoricus.md): A Gothic warrior, one of Wulf's men, who participates in the battles and travels.
- [St. Augustine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/augustine.md): The famous bishop and theologian, mentioned and briefly appears as a revered figure.
- [Ammonius](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/ammonius.md): A Christian monk in Alexandria, known for his zeal and involvement in conflicts.
- [St. Peter](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/peter.md): The apostle, referenced as a foundational figure of Christianity.
- [God](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/hypatia_se/characters/god.md): The supreme being, referenced in religious contexts.

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