Pagans Quoted by Paul
A select group of Hellenistic poets and philosophers whose secular writings were adapted by the Apostle Paul to communicate the Gospel.
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Aratus
Greek poet quoted by the Apostle Paul in the Book of Acts
Aratus of Soli was a Hellenistic Greek poet and astronomer whose work Phaenomena was quoted by the Apostle Paul during his sermon at the Areopagus in Athens.
Epimenides
Greek poet and prophet quoted by the Apostle Paul in both Acts and Titus
A 6th-century BC Cretan philosopher and poet whom the Apostle Paul quotes in both Acts 17 and Titus 1.
Menander
Greek playwright whose maxim on 'bad company' is quoted in 1 Corinthians
A 4th-century BC Greek playwright whose maxim regarding corrupting influences was quoted by the Apostle Paul in his first letter to the Corinthians.