ATHENAGORAS was “a Christian philosopher of Athens,” during the reign of Marcus Aurelius (A. D., 161–180), but is otherwise entirely unknown and not even mentioned by Eusebius, Jerome, and Photius.2 His philosophy was Platonic, but modified by the prevailing eclecticism of his age. He is less original as an apologist than Justin and Tatian, but more elegant and classical in style. He addressed an Apology or Intercession in behalf of the Christians to the Emperors Marcus Aurelius and Commodus.1 He