Trailer/information for "Agora" - Historical epic set in 4th Century Egypt

[jetsetter]

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A historical drama set in Roman Egypt, concerning a slave who turns to the rising tide of Christianity in the hopes of pursuing freedom while also falling in love with his master, the famous female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia of Alexandria.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article...amenbars-agora
http://www.agorathemovie.com/

I will definitely be catching this one.

[Strelok16]

o snap, me too


[history nerd]

even though it has a stupid title, the Agora was a part of an ancient Greek city, it isnt Egyptian or Roman

[/history nerd]

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by Strelok16

o snap, me too


[history nerd]

even though it has a stupid title, the Agora was a part of an ancient Greek city, it isnt Egyptian or Roman

[/history nerd]

Alexandria was a Greek city founded by Alexander and expand by the Ptolemies, who were also Greek. The Agora just didn't go out of existence because the Romans took over. Greeks parts of the world basically stayed Greek.

[cvrefugee]

Originally Posted by Strelok16

o snap, me too


[history nerd]

even though it has a stupid title, the Agora was a part of an ancient Greek city, it isnt Egyptian or Roman

[/history nerd]

[language nerd]

agora = now (in Portuguese)

[/language nerd]

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by cvrefugee

[language nerd]

agora = now (in Portuguese)

[/language nerd]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora

[cvrefugee]

Originally Posted by jetsetter

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agora

I know, I was a History Major

http://translate.google.com/translat...en#pt|en|agora

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by cvrefugee

I know, I was a History Major

http://translate.google.com/translat...en#pt|en|agora

One does have to wonder about the etymology of the Portuguese word.

[cvrefugee]

Originally Posted by jetsetter

One does have to wonder about the etymology of the Portuguese word.

Well, since Portuguese was a language that branched off from Spanish, I believe the etymology of 'agora' is a modification of the Spanish word 'ahora'.

[jetsetter]

Additional trailer: http://www.latinoreview.com/news/agora-trailer-7849

[starfox07]

Hopefully this will be good.

Anyone know the track that was played on the second half of that trailer? Sounds sooo familiar.

[Rokovak]

Hypatia was Pagan, was she not? Why is she being labelled an Atheist?

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by Rokovak

Hypatia was Pagan, was she not? Why is she being labelled an Atheist?

I'm not entirely sure what direction they are going with this film. Hopefully it is not a Christianity=bad/against science and reason sort of thing.

[SuperStalin]

Originally Posted by jetsetter

I'm not entirely sure what direction they are going with this film. Hopefully it is not a Christianity=bad/against science and reason sort of thing.

Yeah, I too hope this won't be a movie about the real world.

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by SuperStalin

Yeah, I too hope this won't be a movie about the real world.

Please do your research and come back. People always assume that Christianity is anti-science or anti-learning when in fact the first "scientists" were indeed religious individuals in European monasteries and religious centers. They described what they did as learning how God and his creations worked. There are plenty of learned individuals who are religious. Ignoring that fact, this film in set in the 4th Century. The empire may have fallen in the West but that was not because of Christianity, the Eastern half of the empire would last for another 1100 years.

[SuperStalin]

The western empire fell in the late 5th century, the eastern (greek) half survived until 1453, almost a 1000 years longer.

[jetsetter]

Originally Posted by SuperStalin

The western empire fell in the late 5th century, the eastern (greek) half survived until 1453, almost a 1000 years longer.

That is what I said.