Philip Schaff,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. I — Introductory Note to the Martyrdom of Justin Martyr
(1885)
“ Crescens, a cynic, has the ill-renown of stirring up the persecution in which Justin and his friends suffered for Christ. The story that he died by the hemlock seems to have originated among the Greeks, who naturally gave this turn to the sufferings of a philosopher. ”
