Martyrdom of Polycarp 22.2

Anonymous · Martyrdom of Polycarp · ca. 156–160 · Smyrna · Read in context

Summary: A copyist's note on how the text was passed down from Irenaeus.

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Greek text · Lake, LCL 25:340–342

Ταῦτα μετεγράψατο μὲν Γάϊος ἐκ τῶν Εἰρηναίου, μαθητοῦ τοῦ Πολυκάρπου, ὃς καὶ συνεπολιτεύσατο τῷ Εἰρηναίῳ. ἐγὼ δὲ Σωκράτης ἐν Κορίνθῳ ἐκ τῶν Γαΐου ἀντιγράφων ἔγραψα. ἡ χάρις μετὰ πάντων.

English · Claude translation

Gaius copied these things from the papers of Irenaeus, a disciple of Polycarp; he had also lived in the same city as Irenaeus. And I, Socrates, wrote them out in Corinth from the copies of Gaius. Grace be with all.

About this passage

Source: Lake, LCL 25:340–342 · Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 · Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0
Also in: PG 5:1045a (found by text match)
Translation: Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Lake (LCL 25, 1913); made independently of existing English translations.

Notes

Translation notes

22.2–3 are notes added by later copyists. “The papers of Irenaeus” translates “those of Irenaeus,” meaning his copies or writings.
“Lived in the same city” (συνεπολιτεύσατο): or “was a fellow citizen with.”

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Mart. Pol. 22.2 (PG 5:1045a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/22/2/).

Plain text

Mart. Pol. 22.2 (PG 5:1045a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/22/2/).

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