Sense Sonnet - Chiller

 Hypatia

Mathematician of earned fame,

Lady Hypatia did inspire.

Teacher of thinking was her aim,

In the ancient Roman Empire.

A pagan Neoplatonist,

Mainly Christian men she did teach.

This caused some tension to exist,

And spread rumors of her did reach

The Christian populace that she

Was a mistress of Satan sent

To beguile Christianity.

Her final fate came during Lent.

Hypatia, First Lady of math,

Murdered by Christian mob in wrath.