How historically accurate is the movie Agora, about Hypatia?

by CarefulSAINT

Is the movie just full of distortions and myths or is it historically accurate? What are some of the most claring mistakes in the movie compared to real history?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1186830/

shlin28

I haven't seen Agora but I wrote about Hypatia yesterday, though it was to answer a question on Christianity's 'crimes'. You can read it here. Like many things from late antiquity, a lot of it depends on how you interpret the evidence. I don't know much about philosophy or science, so I won't be able to answer questions on what Hypatia's 'professional career' was like, but if you are curious about the religious issues involved, I'll do my best to answer your questions :)