Jacques de Voragine

writer
Oral Tradition

Οι εν Εφέσω επτά παίδες

  • Oi en Efeso epta paides
  • The seven children of Ephesus
  • The Seven Sleepers of Ephesus
  • early Christian legend, circa AD 400
Seven or eight young Christian children—or possibly young men or even soldiers—hide in a cave to escape Roman persecution, but once in the cave, they fall asleep for centuries. —Michael Main
A painting with no perspective sowing seven men and their dog sleeping in a cave.
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