Methodius of Olympus · Sophia Scriptura

Methodius was a Christian teacher and writer in Asia Minor at the end of the third century, an admirer of Plato and a critic of some of Origen's teachings, especially on the resurrection body. His Symposium, a dialogue in praise of virginity, is his only work that survives complete in Greek. He is said to have died a martyr about 311.

Dates: d. ca. 311 (approximate)
See or city: Olympus (Lycia)
Region: Lycia (Asia Minor)
Also known as: Methodius; Methodius of Patara; Eubulius
Notes: Almost nothing certain is known of his life. Jerome (Lives of Illustrious Men 83) calls him bishop of Olympus in Lycia and later of Tyre, martyred at the end of the last persecution; later tradition connects him with Patara or Philippi. Many of his works survive only in Old Slavonic translation.

Works

Symposium (The Banquet of the Ten Virgins)Symposium sive Convivium decem virginum · late 3rd century · CPG 1810 (not yet checked)
On Free WillDe autexusio · late 3rd cent. (disputed)
On Life and Rational ActionDe vita et recte agendo · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
On Distinctions of Foods and the Heifer in LeviticusDe distinctione ciborum · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
To Sistelius, On LeprosyDe lepra · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
On the Leech (Prov 30:15)De sanguisuga · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
On the ResurrectionDe resurrectione · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
On Created Things (Excerpts from Xeno)De creatis · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
Against PorphyryAdversus Porphyrium · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
On MartyrsDe martyribus · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
Small fragmentsFragmenta minora · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked
Fragments on JobFragmenta in Iob · late 3rd cent. (disputed) · CPG number not yet checked