Smyrna

• 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

• 155

  Epistle to the Philippians

  by Polycarp of Smyrna

• 155

  The Martyrdom of Polycarp

  by Polycarp of Smyrna

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  Epitaphius Adonis

  by Bion of Phlossa

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  Epithalamium Achillis et Deidameiae

  by Bion of Phlossa

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  Fragmenta

  by Bion of Phlossa

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  Orationes 1

  by Aelius Aristides

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  Ars Rhetorica [attributed]

  by Aelius Aristides

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  Declamationes

  by Marcus Antonius Polemon

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  De utilitate mathematicae

  by Theon Smyrnaeus

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  Fall of Troy

  by Quintus Smyrnaeus

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