PG 5 · cols. 1003–1004

Prolegomena in S. Polycarpi epistolam ad Philippenses et Martyrium

Editors' prolegomena (PG 5) to the Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians and the Smyrnaeans' account of his martyrdom: the closing sections, on the Pionius addition to the Martyrdom, the editions of the Smyrnaean letter and Thomas Smith's eyewitness account of the amphitheatre and tomb at Smyrna, in Latin with Greek quotations, with the editors' notes. Only columns 1003-1004 are set so far; the earlier part of the prolegomena will be added when its columns are cut. The text was first read by Gemini (a machine reader); the Reading Room checked its columns against the page.