On Illustrious Men

84. Juvencus the presbyter

notes 1. See L. G. Patterson, Methodius of Olympus. Divine Sovereignty, Human Freedom, and Life in Christ (Washington, D.C., 1997), esp. 6–8, 15–16. 2. Unfortunately lost; Q 2, 137; fragments in GCS 27, 509–519. 3. CPG 1810; Q 2, 130–33. Text: SC 95, ed. H. Musurillo and V.-H. Debidour (Paris, 1963). Trans.: H. Musurillo, ACW 27 (1958). See also Patterson , 64–140. 4. On the Resurrection: also called Aglaophon, after one of the interlocutors ; see CPG 1812; Patterson, 141–99. 5. Lost. 6. CPG 1811; Q 2, 133; Patterson, 31–63. 7. Lost. 8. Lost. 9. CPG 1810–1830; Patterson, 200–227; see E. Prinzivalli, L’esegesi biblica di Metodio di Olimpo (Rome, 1985). 10. “martyrdom in Chalcis”: in Euboia in 311, in the last persecution under Diocletian; Barnes, C. and E., 193, 195. references Q 2, 129–37 — TLG 2959 — CPG 1810–1830 — Cath 9, 46–48, P.-Th. Camelot — DSp 10, 1109–17, H. Musurillo — EEC 22 , 747–48, F. W. Norris — EECh 1, 557, C. Riggi — LThK 7, 369, V. Buchheit — LThK 73 , 202–3, E. Prinzivalli — NCE 9, 742, H. Musurillo — Dihle, Greek and Latin, 382–84 — Buchheit, Studien, TU 69 (Berlin, 1958) LXXXIV. JUVENCUS THE PRESBYTER uvencus, a spaniard1 of very noble family, and a priest, translating into hexameter verse almost word for word the four Gospels,2 published them in four volumes ; also some other works in the same meter regarding the order of rites. 2. He lived in the reign of the emperor Constantine. notes 1. See M. Flieger, Interpretationen zum Bibeldichter Iuvencus (Stuttgart, 1993). 2. Juvencus himself tells us this in Evangeliorum libri iv 4.803–6, CSEL 24, ON ILLUSTRIOUS MEN 117 ...