Agioi epta paidia stin Efeso
Literal: Holy seven children in Ephesus
English release: Seven Sleepers
attributed to Jacob of Serugh based on an earlier Greek source
Release: circa AD 400
Format: Oral Tradition
Genre: Religion
Audience: Adults
Content: Time Phenomena
Original Language: Ancient Greek
Seven Christian children hide in a cave to escape Roman persecution, but once in the cave,
they fall asleep for three centuries.
— Michael Main
DEBUT
[ex=bare]επτά κοιμώμενους της Εφέσου | Holy seven children in
Ephesus | Agioi epta koimomenous tis Efesou[/ex] (Christian and Islamic legend,
circa AD 400).
VARIANTS
Debut. [ex=bare]επτά κοιμώμενους της Εφέσου | Holy seven children in Ephesus | Agioi epta koimomenous tis Efesou[/ex] (Christian and Islamic legend, circa AD 400).