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To the Smyrnaeans
St Ignatius of Antioch, Lake, Loeb 1912
Chapter 13
Final greetings
I salute the families of my brethren with their wives and children, and the maidens who are called widows. Farewell in the power of the Father. Philo who is with me greets you.
I salute the house of Tavia, and pray that she be confirmed in faith and love, both of the flesh and spirit. I salute Alce, a name most dear to me, and the incomparable Daphnus, and Eutecnus,1 and all others by their several names. Farewell in the grace of God.
Notes
- It is not impossible that εὔτεκνον is an adjective meaning “with good children,” and referring to Daphnus. Zahn takes this view.