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* [[Bishounen]]: Bishop Synesius of Cyrene, played by the British actor [[Rupert Evans]], a rare case of a western example. |
* [[Bishounen]]: Bishop Synesius of Cyrene, played by the British actor [[Rupert Evans]], a rare case of a western example. |
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* [[Church Militant]] |
* [[Church Militant]] |
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* [[Color-Coded for Your Convenience]]: The Christians and Jews dress mostly in black or grey (with some clerical orders using white) while pagans use white. Fun fact: '''none are truly good'''; in fact, the only colour associated with good is red, which is both used by the Roman army and Hypatia herself after Alexandria's library's demise. Justified because its historically accurate. |
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* [[Corrupt Church]]: Subverted; its not corrupt, but very fanatical. |
* [[Corrupt Church]]: Subverted; its not corrupt, but very fanatical. |
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* [[Easy Evangelism]]: How Davus the slave became Christian. |
* [[Easy Evangelism]]: How Davus the slave became Christian. |
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** [[Rachel Weisz]] could be considered Testosterone Brigade Bait. |
** [[Rachel Weisz]] could be considered Testosterone Brigade Bait. |
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* [[Faith Heel Turn]] |
* [[Faith Heel Turn]] |
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* [[Foreign Looking Font]]: On the posters it overlaps shockingly with [[Did Not Do the Research]] because the psuedo-Grecian font uses Lambdas in place of Latin alphabet 'A's or Alphas in Greek meaning that if we ignore the fact that a Latin alphabet 'R' is used in place of the correct Greek Rho (which looks like a 'P') and that a Latin 'G' is used in place of a Greek Gamma then the film's title reads; LGORL. |
* [[Foreign Looking Font]]: On the posters it overlaps shockingly with [[Did Not Do the Research]] because the psuedo-Grecian font uses Lambdas in place of Latin alphabet 'A's or Alphas in Greek meaning that if we ignore the fact that a Latin alphabet 'R' is used in place of the correct Greek Rho (which looks like a 'P') and that a Latin 'G' is used in place of a Greek Gamma then the film's title reads; LGORL. |
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* [[The Heretic]]: Hypatia, after paganism became illegal. |
* [[The Heretic]]: Hypatia, after paganism became illegal. |
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** Considering she was a principled atheist ("You do not question what you believe; you cannot. I must."), she was technically a heretic from the beginning. |
** Considering she was a principled atheist ("You do not question what you believe; you cannot. I must."), she was technically a heretic from the beginning. |
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* [[Near-Rape Experience]]: {{spoiler|Davus manages to stop himself during his attack on Hypatia, and offers his knife to her, expecting to be killed. Instead, she gives him his freedom.}} |
* [[Near-Rape Experience]]: {{spoiler|Davus manages to stop himself during his attack on Hypatia, and offers his knife to her, expecting to be killed. Instead, she gives him his freedom.}} |
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* [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]]: The whole reason Christians started slaughtering pagans and later Jews. Subverted because Christians are obviously as religious as the others were. |
* [[Outgrown Such Silly Superstitions]]: The whole reason Christians started slaughtering pagans and later Jews. Subverted because Christians are obviously as religious as the others were. |
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* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: The film contains [http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2009/05/agora-and-hypatia-hollywood-strikes.html a number] [http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2009/05/agora-and-hypatia-hollywood-strikes.html of myths] about Hypatia and the Library of Alexandria that are so common in pop-culture that the real history sounds implausible to many people. |
* [[Reality Is Unrealistic]]: The film contains [http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2009/05/agora-and-hypatia-hollywood-strikes.html a number] [http://armariummagnus.blogspot.com/2009/05/agora-and-hypatia-hollywood-strikes.html of myths] about Hypatia and the Library of Alexandria that are so common in pop-culture that the real history sounds implausible to many people. |
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** To what degree the movie is guilty of spreading historical myths is, however, somewhat [http://richardcarrier.blogspot.com/2010/08/agora-review.html open to debate]. |
** To what degree the movie is guilty of spreading historical myths is, however, somewhat [http://richardcarrier.blogspot.com/2010/08/agora-review.html open to debate]. |
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* [[Shameful Strip]]: The mob strips Hypatia naked before they try to stone her. |
* [[Shameful Strip]]: The mob strips Hypatia naked before they try to stone her. |
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