The corpse was cut to pieces, the flesh was scraped from the bones with shells, and the remnants cast into a fire.

For this frightful crime Cyril was never called to account.

It seemed to be admitted that the end sanctified the means.
So ended Greek philosophy in Alexandria, so came to an untimely close the learning that the Ptolemies had done so much to promote.

The "Daughter Library," that of the Serapion, had been dispersed.

The fate of Hypatia was a warning to all who would cultivate profane knowledge.
Henceforth there was to be no freedom for human thought.