In ancient Alexandria, Hypatia teaches astronomy, mathematics, and philosophy to her students, including Orestes and Davus, her loyal slave who harbors romantic feelings for her. As the Christian faction, led by Ammonius and Cyril, gains power, the city's institutions of learning and governance of slavery are threatened.
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In ancient Roman Egypt, a slave finds solace in Christianity as a means to gain freedom, and along the way, falls deeply in love with his mistress, the renowned philosopher and mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria.