Smyrna
Ionia (Asia Minor)
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Teachers who lived here
Homer
Homer (-800–-700)
born -800
Bion of Phlossa
Bion of Phlossa (-185–-120)
Polycarp of Smyrna
Polycarp of Smyrna (69–155)
bishopric and martyrdom 69–155
Theon Smyrnaeus
Theon Smyrnaeus (70–135)
Marcus Antonius Polemon
Marcus Antonius Polemon (90–144)
Aelius Aristides
Aelius Aristides (117–181)
Galen
Galen (129–216)
studied 150
Irenaeus of Lyons
Irenaeus of Lyons (130–202)
early formation under Polycarp 140–155
Quintus Smyrnaeus
Quintus Smyrnaeus (315–375)
Ignatius of Antioch
Ignatius of Antioch (?–108)
major transit stop 107
Works composed here
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Epistle to the Philippians
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The Martyrdom of Polycarp
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Epitaphius Adonis
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Epithalamium Achillis et Deidameiae
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Fall of Troy
Ideas shaped here
Concepts most frequently discussed in the works composed at Smyrna. Click any to trace the idea across time and place.
- Rhetoric122 passages
- Number & Harmony85 passages
- Ratio & Proportion71 passages
- Virtue38 passages
- Providence34 passages
- Greek and Barbarian Polarity31 passages
- Justice29 passages
- Justice in the City29 passages
- The Problem of the Nile Flood29 passages
- Enkōmion (Praise of a Subject)25 passages
- Stasis (Anatomy of Civil War)24 passages
- Liberty23 passages