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a philosophy that was a foster-sister and began with Augustus, which also your ancestors 4.26.8 honored along with the other religions, and this is a very great proof of our doctrine having flourished for good with the well-begun empire, from the fact that nothing bad has happened since the rule of Augustus, but on the contrary everything is splendid and glorious 4.26.9 according to the prayers of all. Alone of all, persuaded by certain malicious men, Nero and Domitian wished to bring our doctrine into disrepute, from whom also it has come to pass that the falsehood of slander has flowed by an irrational custom about such people; 4.26.10 but their ignorance your pious fathers corrected, often rebuking in writing many who dared to innovate in these matters; among whom your grandfather Hadrian is seen writing to many others, and to Fundanus the proconsul, governor of Asia, and your father, when you were co-administrator with him, wrote to the cities that they should not innovate concerning us, among which were letters to the Larissaeans and to the Thessalonians and Athenians and to 4.26.11 all the Greeks. And you, who hold the same opinion as they do about these things, and one that is much more humane and philosophical, we are persuaded will do all that we ask of you.” 4.26.12 But these things are set forth in the aforementioned discourse; but in the *Selections* written by him, the same author, beginning in the preface, makes a catalogue of the acknowledged writings of the Old Testament; which it is also necessary to list here, and he writes thus. 4.26.13 “Melito to Onesimus the brother, greeting. Since you have often requested, in your zeal for the word, that selections be made for you from both the Law and the Prophets concerning the Savior and our entire faith, and since you also wished to learn the exact number of the ancient books and what their order is, I have endeavored to do this, knowing your zeal for the faith and your love of learning concerning the word, and that especially out of longing for God you prefer these things above all others, striving for 4.26.14 eternal salvation. Therefore, having gone to the East and come to the place where these things were preached and done, and having learned accurately the books of the Old Testament, I have set them down below and sent them to you. Of which the names are: Five of Moses, Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Leviticus, Deuteronomy, Joshua son of Nun, Judges, Ruth, Four of Kings, two of Chronicles, Psalms of David, Proverbs of Solomon, which is also Wisdom, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs, Job, of the Prophets Isaiah, Jeremiah, of the twelve in one book, Daniel, Ezekiel, Ezra. From which I have also made the selections, dividing them into six books.” So much for the works of Melito. 4.27.1 Of Apollinarius, while many of his works are preserved by many, those that have come down to us are these: the discourse to the aforementioned emperor, and five treatises Against the Greeks, and two On Truth, and two Against the Jews, and what he wrote after these against the heresy of the Phrygians, which was introduced not long after, though at that time it was as if just beginning to spring up, while Montanus with his false prophetesses was making the beginnings of the deviation. And of Musanus also, whom we have mentioned in the preceding accounts, there is extant a most persuasive discourse, written by him to certain brothers who had turned aside to the heresy of the so-called Encratites, which was then just beginning to spring up, introducing a strange and destructive false doctrine into life. The story goes that Tatian became the leader of this deviation, of whom a little before we cited the words concerning the admirable Justin, relating that he was a disciple of the martyr. And Irenaeus makes this plain in the first of his books Against Heresies, writing thus about both him and the heresy named after him: 4.29.2 “From Saturninus and Marcion, those called Encratites preached abstinence from marriage, setting aside the original creation of God and quietly accusing him who made male and female for the generation

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σύντροφον καὶ συναρξαμένην Αὐγούστῳ φιλοσοφίαν, ἣν καὶ οἱ πρόγονοί σου 4.26.8 πρὸς ταῖς ἄλλαις θρῃσκείαις ἐτίμησαν, καὶ τοῦτο μέγιστον τεκμήριον τοῦ πρὸς ἀγαθοῦ τὸν καθ' ἡμᾶς λόγον συνακμάσαι τῇ καλῶς ἀρξαμένῃ βασιλείᾳ, ἐκ τοῦ μηδὲν φαῦλον ἀπὸ τῆς Αὐγούστου ἀρχῆς ἀπαντῆσαι, ἀλλὰ τοὐναντίον ἅπαντα λαμπρὰ καὶ ἔνδοξα 4.26.9 κατὰ τὰς πάντων εὐχάς. μόνοι πάντων, ἀναπεισθέντες ὑπό τινων βασκάνων ἀνθρώπων, τὸν καθ' ἡμᾶς ἐν διαβολῇ καταστῆσαι λόγον ἠθέλησαν Νέρων καὶ ∆ομετιανός, ἀφ' ὧν καὶ τὸ τῆς συκοφαντίας ἀλόγῳ συνηθείᾳ περὶ τοὺς τοιούτους ῥυῆναι συμβέ4.26.10 βηκεν ψεῦδος· ἀλλὰ τὴν ἐκείνων ἄγνοιαν οἱ σοὶ εὐσεβεῖς πατέρες ἐπηνωρθώσαντο, πολλάκις πολλοῖς ἐπιπλήξαντες ἐγγράφως, ὅσοι περὶ τούτων νεωτερίσαι ἐτόλμησαν· ἐν οἷς ὁ μὲν πάππος σου Ἁδριανὸς πολλοῖς μὲν καὶ ἄλλοις, καὶ Φουνδανῷ δὲ τῷ ἀνθυπάτῳ, ἡγουμένῳ δὲ τῆς Ἀσίας, γράφων φαίνεται, ὁ δὲ πατήρ σου, καὶ σοῦ τὰ σύμπαντα διοικοῦντος αὐτῷ, ταῖς πόλεσι περὶ τοῦ μηδὲν νεωτερίζειν περὶ ἡμῶν ἔγραψεν, ἐν οἷς καὶ πρὸς Λαρισαίους καὶ πρὸς Θεσσαλονικεῖς καὶ Ἀθηναίους καὶ πρὸς 4.26.11 πάντας Ἕλληνας. σὲ δὲ καὶ μᾶλλον περὶ τούτων τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκείνοις ἔχοντα γνώμην καὶ πολύ γε φιλανθρωποτέραν καὶ φιλοσοφωτέραν, πεπείσμεθα πάντα πράσσειν ὅσα σου δεόμεθα». 4.26.12 ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἐν τῷ δηλωθέντι τέθειται λόγῳ· ἐν δὲ ταῖς γραφείσαις αὐτῷ Ἐκλογαῖς ὁ αὐτὸς κατὰ τὸ προοίμιον ἀρχόμενος τῶν ὁμολογουμένων τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης γραφῶν ποιεῖται κατάλογον· ὃν καὶ ἀναγκαῖον ἐνταῦθα καταλέξαι, γράφει δὲ οὕτως. 4.26.13 «Μελίτων Ὀνησίμῳ τῷ ἀδελφῷ χαίρειν. ἐπειδὴ πολλάκις ἠξίωσας, σπουδῇ τῇ πρὸς τὸν λόγον χρώμενος, γενέσθαι σοι ἐκλογὰς ἔκ τε τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν περὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος καὶ πάσης τῆς πίστεως ἡμῶν, ἔτι δὲ καὶ μαθεῖν τὴν τῶν παλαιῶν βιβλίων ἐβουλήθης ἀκρίβειαν πόσα τὸν ἀριθμὸν καὶ ὁποῖα τὴν τάξιν εἶεν, ἐσπούδασα τὸ τοιοῦτο πρᾶξαι, ἐπιστάμενός σου τὸ σπουδαῖον περὶ τὴν πίστιν καὶ φιλομαθὲς περὶ τὸν λόγον ὅτι τε μάλιστα πάντων πόθῳ τῷ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ταῦτα προκρίνεις, περὶ 4.26.14 τῆς αἰωνίου σωτηρίας ἀγωνιζόμενος. ἀνελθὼν οὖν εἰς τὴν ἀνατολὴν καὶ ἕως τοῦ τόπου γενόμενος ἔνθα ἐκηρύχθη καὶ ἐπράχθη, καὶ ἀκριβῶς μαθὼν τὰ τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης βιβλία, ὑποτάξας ἔπεμψά σοι· ὧν ἐστι τὰ ὀνόματα· Μωυσέως πέντε, Γένεσις Ἔξοδος Ἀριθμοὶ Λευιτικὸν ∆ευτερονόμιον, Ἰησοῦ Ναυῆ, Κριταί, Ῥούθ, Βασιλειῶν τέσσαρα, Παραλειπομένων δύο, Ψαλμῶν ∆αυίδ, Σολομῶνος Παροιμίαι ἡ καὶ Σοφία, Ἐκκλησιαστής, Ἆισμα Ἀισμάτων, Ἰώβ, Προφητῶν Ἡσαΐου Ἱερεμίτῶν δώδεκα ἐν μονοβίβλῳ ∆ανιὴλ Ἰεζεκιήλ, Ἔσδρας· ἐξ ὧν καὶ τὰς ἐκλογὰς ἐποιησάμην, εἰς ἓξ βιβλία διελών». καὶ τὰ μὲν τοῦ Μελίτωνος τοσαῦτα. 4.27.1 τοῦ δ' Ἀπολιναρίου πολλῶν παρὰ πολλοῖς σῳζομένων τὰ εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐλθόντα ἐστὶν τάδε· λόγος ὁ πρὸς τὸν προειρημένον βασιλέα καὶ Πρὸς Ἕλληνας συγγράμματα πέντε καὶ Περὶ ἀληθείας αʹ βʹ καὶ Πρὸς Ἰουδαίους αʹ βʹ καὶ ἃ μετὰ ταῦτα συνέγραψε κατὰ τῆς τῶν Φρυγῶν αἱρέσεως, μετ' οὐ πολὺν καινοτομηθείσης χρόνον, τότε γε μὴν ὥσπερ ἐκφύειν ἀρχομένης, ἔτι τοῦ Μοντανοῦ ἅμα ταῖς αὐτοῦ ψευδοπροφήτισιν ἀρχὰς τῆς παρεκτροπῆς ποιουμένου. Καὶ Μουσανοῦ δέ, ὃν ἐν τοῖς φθάσασιν κατελέξαμεν, φέρεταί τις ἐπιστρεπτικώτατος λόγος, πρός τινας αὐτῷ γραφεὶς ἀδελφοὺς ἀποκλίναντας ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν λεγομένων Ἐγκρατιτῶν αἵρεσιν, ἄρτι τότε φύειν ἀρχομένην ξένην τε καὶ φθοριμαίαν ψευδοδοξίαν εἰσάγουσαν τῷ βίῳ. ἧς παρεκτροπῆς ἀρχηγὸν καταστῆναι Τατιανὸν λόγος ἔχει, οὗ μικρῷ πρόσθεν τὰς περὶ τοῦ θαυμασίου Ἰουστίνου παρατεθείμεθα λέξεις, μαθητὴν αὐτὸν ἱστοροῦντες τοῦ μάρτυρος. δηλοῖ δὲ τοῦτο Εἰρηναῖος ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ τῶν πρὸς τὰς αἱρέσεις, ὁμοῦ τά τε περὶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς κατ' αὐτὸν αἱρέσεως οὕτω γράφων· 4.29.2 «ἀπὸ Σατορνίνου καὶ Μαρκίωνος οἱ καλούμενοι Ἐγκρατεῖς ἀγαμίαν ἐκήρυξαν, ἀθετοῦντες τὴν ἀρχαίαν πλάσιν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἠρέμα κατηγοροῦντες τοῦ ἄρρεν καὶ θῆλυ εἰς γένεσιν