0 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,000 Hello, this is Zach coming to you with... 1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:05,000 I'm Ipatia of Alexandria. 2 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,000 Ipatia, okay. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:08,000 And goddess Nut. 4 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:09,000 Goddess Nut? 5 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:10,000 Yeah. 6 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:11,000 Interesting, all right. 7 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:14,000 So tell me, Ipatia, who are you? 8 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,000 Well, I am a very famous astronomer and mathematician. 9 00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:22,000 I am also the daughter of Theon of Alexandria, one of the greatest mathematicians, 10 00:00:22,000 --> 00:00:25,000 and the last of the Alexandrian succession. 11 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,000 And I also made a lot of discoveries and important research. 12 00:00:29,000 --> 00:00:30,000 Oh, my, okay. 13 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 Can you name a discovery? 14 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:33,000 Do you know? 15 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:41,000 I wrote many books, and I also did many comments on different mathematicians' work. 16 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:52,000 And I don't really remember the name, but I also invented things in order to manage boats or big cities. 17 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Boats, okay. 18 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,000 And when were you born? 19 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:04,000 I was born between 3040 to 3070, because historians are not quite sure. 20 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000 Oh, so this is BC. 21 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:08,000 AD. 22 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:09,000 Oh, AD, okay. 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,000 All right, and where were you born? 24 00:01:11,000 --> 00:01:16,000 I was born in Alexandria in a small province of the Byzantine Empire in Egypt, 25 00:01:16,000 --> 00:01:20,000 and I never moved from there, so that's why they call me Alexandria. 26 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,000 Ah, okay. 27 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:23,000 And tell me, Nut? 28 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:30,000 Yes, I'm the goddess Nut, the Egyptian goddess of the sky, cosmos, universe, et cetera. 29 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Ah, and of the mountains as well. 30 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Oh, okay. 31 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,000 Yes, that's it. 32 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:41,000 So, like, what is a myth that you're a part of? 33 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:56,000 Okay, so I have many myths, but one of them is that I, every night, eat my grandfather's raff, the god of the sun, 34 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,000 and when it's going to be morning again, I give birth to him. 35 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:02,000 Oh, my. 36 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:04,000 Because I'm like the night sky, so. 37 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:07,000 Oh, okay, so Nut's like night. 38 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:08,000 Yeah. 39 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:09,000 All right. 40 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:12,000 Oh, look at that, yeah. 41 00:02:12,000 --> 00:02:14,000 So how did you make your costume? 42 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:20,000 Oh, so I bought this dress, and my grandmother helped me. 43 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:29,000 She helped me with, you know, this part that it was so long to me, and then this was from my grandmother also, 44 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:36,000 and then I just, you know, have this at my house, put it on, you know, and then do my hair. 45 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:37,000 All right. 46 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,000 How did you do your costume? 47 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:48,000 Oh, I had this dress at home, and actually, I was supposed to be in light, but since I was burnt by light, 48 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:54,000 I thought that maybe dress was like black, was like more correct because of the ashes. 49 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:55,000 Oh, okay. 50 00:02:55,000 --> 00:03:01,000 So I have this dress, which my sister sewed for me, and this is my mother's, 51 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:06,000 and I also have on this hurley and this big scar. 52 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:07,000 What's with the scar? 53 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Oh, well, um. 54 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:10,000 Did you die a violent death? 55 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:12,000 Yeah, it was pretty violent. 56 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:19,000 I was in a parish, and they dropped me off, they dragged me into the church, they raped me, 57 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:27,000 and then they tore off all the parts of my body, so that's why I have like this scar, which is now completely closed. 58 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:28,000 Oh, my gosh. 59 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:29,000 So it's, yeah. 60 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 That looks pretty bad. 61 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:32,000 It is. 62 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:33,000 It felt bad. 63 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Did you punish any people like her when you were a girl? 64 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 Uh, I don't think so. 65 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:39,000 No? 66 00:03:39,000 --> 00:03:40,000 I don't think so. 67 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:41,000 No, okay. 68 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:43,000 I was, I was apologize. 69 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:50,000 Where did you guys learn, what sources did you use to find out about your characters? 70 00:03:50,000 --> 00:03:57,000 So, I already have some knowledge about my character because my second name is Moon. 71 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:58,000 Really? 72 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:08,000 So, I already know this, the story of my characters in Scottish, so it was easy for me to find some information. 73 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:15,000 I did a little research to know things that I didn't know, and that's the information that I used. 74 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:25,000 I also used some research, like Wikipedia or something like that, and I also used the help of my teacher, Mr. Moon. 75 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:26,000 All right. 76 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Well, I think there you have it. 77 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:30,000 Thank you guys for this interview.