In his speech to the Athenians, Paul quotes the words, “for we are also his progeny, ” attributing the words, not to a single poet, but to“ certain ones of the poets among you. ”
Oma kõnes ateenlastele tsiteerib Paulus väljendit „sest ka meie põlvneme temast ”. Omistamata neid sõnu vaid ühele poeedile, ütleb ta: „Mõned teie poeedid ”.