Aristide of Athens
Aristide of Athens (death towards 134) is a Christian apologist of IIe century.
It was philosophical of profession and lived in Athens. When the emperor Hadrian visited Athens in 125, it presented to him a Apologie for the religion which was well accommodated. It supported at the time of a speech in front of the emperor the divinity of Jesus-Christ. It is probable that this Apologie and this speech had an influence on the edict which shortly after the emperor returned, ordering not to make die nobody but after one charge and a legal conviction of his crime, which made it possible to the Christians to practice their religion in relative calm. According to Jerome Saint, the Apologie was a monument of spirit and eloquence, full with selected passages of philosophers. This work was preserved only in syriaque translation. There exists also a Greek métaphrase contained in the novel of Xe century Barlaam, as well as a Armenian fragment, relatively broad, and finally a métaphrase géorgienne. Moreover one found thin fragments of the original Greek on a papyrus of Oxyrynchos.
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