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Hortatory Address to the Greeks

St. Justin Martyr · c. 155–165 AD

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Section 18

Testimony of Sophocles

And if it is needful that we add testimonies concerning one God, even from the dramatists, hear even Sophocles speaking thus:—

Thus, then, Sophocles.

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