Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 83
83 Methodius the bishop PL 23, 691
Methodius, bishop of Olympus in Lycia and afterwards of Tyre, composed books Against Porphyry written in polished and logical style also a Banquet of the ten virgins, an excellent work On the resurrection, against Origen and On the Pythonissa and On free will, also against Origen. He also wrote commentaries On Genesis and On the Song of Songs and many others which are widely read. At the end of the recent persecution or, as others affirm, in the reign of Decius and Valerianus, he was crowned with martyrdom at Chalcis in Greece.
Methodius, Olympi Lyciae, et postea Tyri episcopus, nitidi compositique sermonis, adversum Porphyrium confecit libros, et Symposium decem virginum, de resurrectione opus egregium contra Origenem, et adversus eumdem de Pythonissa, et de 923 Autexusio; in Genesim quoque et in Cantica canticorum commentarios; et multa alia, quae vulgo lectitantur. Et ad extremum novissimae persecutionis, sive, ut alii affirmant, sub Decio et Valeriano in Chalcide Graeciae, martyrio coronatus est.
Μεθόδιος, Ὀλύμπου, Λυκίας, καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Τύρου ἐπίσκοπος λαμπροῦ καὶ συγκειμένου λόγου, κατὰ Πορφυρίου συνέταξε τεύχη, καὶ συμπόσιον δέκα παρθένων, περὶ ἀναστάσεως λόγον ἄριστον κατὰ Ὠριγένους, κατὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ περὶ Πυθωνίσσης, παὶ περὶ Αὐτεξουσίου, εἰς τὴν Γένεσίν τε, καὶ εἰς τὰ Ἄισματα 924 τῶν ᾀσμάτων ὑπομνήματα, καὶ ἕτερα πολλὰ χύδην ἀναγινωσκόμενα. Ὅς περὶ τὰ τελευταῖα τοῦ διωγμοῦ, ἢ καθώς τινες διαβεβαιοῦνται, ἐπὶ Δεκίου καὶ Βα;ληριανοῦ, ἐν Χαλκίδι τῆς Ἀνατολῆς μαρτυρήσας ἐστεφανώθη.