# Martyrdom of Polycarp 6.1

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Martyrdom of Polycarp](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/) (*Martyrium Polycarpi*)
- Date: ca. 156–160 (approximate)
- Source: Lake, LCL 25:318; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 2, LCL 25 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1913), 312–345 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912-1913), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Also in: PG 5:1033a (found by text match)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/6/1/

Summary: Polycarp moved again, but his pursuers tortured a young slave into revealing where he was.

## Greek text

Καὶ ἐπιμενόντων τῶν ζητούντων αὐτὸν μετέβη εἰς ἕτερον ἀγρίδιον, καὶ εὐθέως ἐπέστησαν οἱ ζητοῦντες αὐτόν· καὶ μὴ εὑρόντες συνελάβοντο παιδάρια δύο, ὧν τὸ ἕτερον βασανιζόμενον ὡμολόγησεν.

## English translation (Claude)

And since those who were searching for him kept on, he moved to another farm, and at once those searching for him arrived. When they did not find him, they seized two young slaves, one of whom confessed under torture.

## Translation notes

- “Young slaves” (παιδάρια): “boys,” often in the sense of young household servants.

## Citation (SBL)

Mart. Pol. 6.1 (PG 5:1033a; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/mart-pol/6/1/).