The symposium : a treatise on chastity

Author(s)

• Methodius, of Olympus, Saint, d. 311
• Musurillo, Herbert

Bibliographic Information

The symposium : a treatise on chastity

St. Methodius ; translated and annotated by Herbert Musurillo

（Ancient Christian writers, no. 27）

Newman Press, 1958

Other Title

Symposium decem virginum

Note

Translation of Symposium decem virginum

Bibliographical references included in "Notes" (p. [163]-239)

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The Symposium, or Banquet, is a dialogue in imitation of Plato, written by Methodius, a teacher and probably a bishop, who flourished in Lycia during the period known as the "little peace of the church." It is perhaps the most beautiful symbolic prose-poem of the early patristic period.

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Details

• NCID: BA09954444
• ISBN:
  • 0809101432
• LCCN: 58007775
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: lat
• Place of Publication: Westminster, Md.
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 249 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BR60
  • DC : 241
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chastity
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA06698235