Methodius of Olympus

Bishop and martyr; wrote the Banquet of the Ten Virgins.

d. c. AD 311 Greek East The age of Nicaea 23 works Wikipedia

Fully prepared texts

Side by side with the original Greek where we have it, an older public-domain English translation, and a modern English version.

Fragments: Against Porphyry, On Created Things, On Job, On Martyrs GreekModern English 44 chapters

More writings in English

English translations (older public-domain ones, and a few modern ones shared under open licences), divided into chapters and short sections, with a download for each. A modern English version and the original-language text are planned for the works that matter most.

Concerning Free-Will Older English 31 min read
De cibis (On the distinction between foods) Older English 32 min read
De vita et actibus rationi consentaneis (On Life and Rational Action) Older English 12 min read
Discourse 1.-Marcella Older English 11 min read
Discourse 2.-Theophila Older English 13 min read
Discourse 3.-Thaleia Older English 33 min read
Discourse 5.-Thallousa Older English 14 min read
Discourse 6.-Agathe Older English 8 min read
Discourse 7.-Procilla Older English 13 min read
Discourse 8.-Thekla Older English 37 min read
Discourse 9.-Tusiane Older English 14 min read
Discourse 10.-Domnina Older English 12 min read
Discourse 11.-Arete Older English 15 min read
Fragments Older English 16 min read
From the Discourse on the Resurrection Older English 59 min read
English translation of opening portion Older English 6 min read
Oration Concerning Simeon and Anna Older English 42 min read
Oration on the Psalms Older English 17 min read
Shorter writings Older English 17 min read
On Leprosy Older English 6 min read

Original-language texts

The Latin and Greek texts as edited and digitised by the Open Greek and Latin project (CC BY-SA 4.0): one column, with the standard references, and plain-text and TEI XML downloads for scholars. They have been corrected from print by machine and may still contain errors.

De Libero Arbitrio (Greek) Greek 49 min read
Symposium Sive Convivium Decem Virginum (Greek) Greek 2.2 h read

Most translations are the older ones in the public domain (mostly the nineteenth-century Ante-Nicene, Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers); a few are modern translations shared under an open licence, with the translators credited on the work’s page. Square brackets and any Greek or Latin words are as the source prints them.