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Minucius Felix, Marcus

Minucius Felix, Marcus (mär'kus minyOOsh'us fē'liks) [key], fl. 2d cent., Christian apologist, author of a dialogue, Octavius, one of the earliest Latin apologies. In it a pagan and a Christian discuss the merits of Christian life.

See J. H. Freese, The Octavius of Minucius Felix (1919).

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