Scholar's Dream
Authors
Every book in the game was written by somebody — or, in a few honest cases, by somebody whose name is lost. Here they are with the years they lived, what they wrote, and the few facts worth knowing before you carry their book into a debate.
When they lived
Scripture
The biblical authors whose words the fragments carry.
The Church
Christian writers of the first four centuries — the ones you spend the game learning.
Clement of Romec. A.D. 35 – c. 99 · 1 book
Ignatiusbishop of Antiochc. A.D. 35 – c. 108 · 2 books
Polycarpbishop of Smyrnac. A.D. 69 – c. 155 · 1 book
Hermasof RomeActive c. A.D. 140 · 1 book
Justin Martyrc. A.D. 100 – c. 165 · 3 books
Quadratusof AthensActive c. A.D. 124 · 1 book
Melitobishop of SardisDied c. A.D. 180 · 1 book
Irenaeusbishop of Lyonsc. A.D. 130 – c. 202 · 3 books
Athenagorasof AthensActive c. A.D. 176 – 180 · 3 books
Tertullianof Carthagec. A.D. 155 – c. 220 · 3 books
Marcus Minucius FelixActive c. A.D. 200 · 1 book
Eusebiusof Caesareac. A.D. 260 – c. 339 · 2 books
Augustinebishop of HippoA.D. 354 – 430 · 2 booksAnonymous
Books that reached us with no name on them, or with the wrong one.
Greece and Rome
The writers a second-century apologist had read, and had to argue with.
Homerc. eighth century B.C. · 2 books
Herodotusof Halicarnassusc. 484 – c. 425 B.C. · 1 book
Thucydidesc. 460 – c. 400 B.C. · 1 book
Platoc. 428 – c. 348 B.C. · 1 book
Aristotle384 – 322 B.C. · 1 book
Virgil70 – 19 B.C. · 1 book
Pliny the ElderA.D. 23 – 79 · 1 book
Claudius Ptolemyc. A.D. 100 – c. 170 · 1 book