Banquet of the Ten Virgins
Methodius of Olympus
Chapter 11
About this work
A literary symposium in which ten women offer speeches on virginity, creation, Scripture, virtue, and Christian perfection, consciously adapting the form of a classical philosophical banquet.
- Author
- Methodius of Olympus
- Date
- Late 3rd century
- Origin
- Eastern Mediterranean
- Genre
- Dialogue
Chapter XI.—The Woman with the Male Child in the Wilderness the Church; The Wilderness Belongs to Virgins and Saints; The Perfection of Numbers and Mysteries; The Equality and Perfection of the Number Six; The Number Six Related to Christ; From This Number, Too, the Creation and Harmony of the World Completed.
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