An examination of the citation by St. Paul (Epist. to Titus 1.12) of a famous hexameter
attributed to Epimenides, while tracing its polemical use by Pagans and Christians and
discussing modern interpretations, highlights the sarcastic employment of the verse (against
Paul) by the emperor Julian in his work Contra Galilaeos and the reaction of the Antiochean
exegetes Theodore of Mopsuestia and John Chrysostom.
KEYWORDS:
Epimenides, Callimachus, Saint Paul, Emperor Julian, Theodore of Mopsuestia, John Chrysostom,
Isho‘dad of Merv, Gannat Bussame.
