Volume II of Herbert Musurillo's critical editions, with translations and commentaries, of ancient martyr literature, surveys the development of the genre, discussing the political and historical background which produced it. These texts were written in the form of court records reporting the trials of Alexandrian heroes punished by the Roman authorities. Anti-Roman and often violently propagandist in tone, they reflect the political tensions experienced by the Greeks under German rule.

• VOLUME II


• Abbreviations


• Introduction


• - The Acts of The Christian Martyrs


• - The Earliest Acts: The Texts


• - Tradition and Form in the Acts of the Christian Martyrs


• - The Christian Persecutions


• - Notes


• The Texts and Translations


• 1. The Martyrdom of Polycarp


• 2. The Martyrdom of Carpus, Papylus, and Agathonice


• 3. The Martyrdom of Ptolemaeus and Lucius


• 4. The Acts of Justin and Companions


• 5. The Letter of the Churches of Lyons and Vienne


• 6. The Acts of the Scillitan Martyrs


• 7. The Martyrdom of Apollonius


• 8. The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas


• 9. The Martyrdom of Potamiaena and Basilides


• 10. The Martyrdom of Pinonis


• 11. The Acts of Cyprian


• 12. The Martyrdom of Fructuosus and Companions


• 13. The Martyrdom of Conon


• 14. The Martyrdom of Marian and James


• 15. The Martyrdom of Montanus and Lucius


• 16. The Martyrdom of Marinus


• 17. The Acts of Maximillian


• 18. The Acts of Marcellus


• 19. The Martyrdom of Julius the Veteran


• 20. The Martyrdom of Felix the Bishop


• 21. The Martyrdom of Dasius


• 22. The Martyrdom of Agape, Irene, Chione, and Companions


• 23. The Martyrdom of Irenaeus Bishop of Sirmium


• 24. The Martyrdom of Crispina


• 25. The Acts of Euplus


• 26. The Letter of Phileas


• 27. The Acts of Phileas


• 28. The Testament of the Forty Martyrs of Sebaste