, ▁No ah ’ s ▁Ark / Mar iner ) ▁and ▁six ▁root ▁met aph ors ▁( phys ician , ▁medicine ▁of ▁life , ▁mirror , ▁p ear l , ▁Tree ▁of ▁life , ▁parad ise ). ▁ ▁Greek ▁E ph rem ▁E ph rem ' s ▁art ful ▁med itations ▁on ▁the ▁symbols ▁of ▁Christian ▁faith ▁and ▁his ▁stand ▁against ▁her es y ▁made ▁him ▁a ▁popular ▁source ▁of ▁insp iration ▁throughout ▁the ▁church . ▁This ▁occurred ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁that ▁there ▁is ▁a ▁huge ▁cor pus ▁of ▁E ph rem ▁pse ude p ig raph y ▁and ▁legend ary ▁h agi ography . ▁Some ▁of ▁these ▁compos itions ▁are ▁in ▁verse , ▁often ▁a ▁version ▁of ▁E ph rem ' s ▁he pt os yll ab ic ▁couple ts . ▁Most ▁of ▁these ▁works ▁are ▁consider ably ▁later ▁compos itions ▁in ▁Greek . ▁Stud ents ▁of ▁E ph rem ▁often ▁refer ▁to ▁this ▁cor pus ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁single ▁author ▁called ▁" G reek ▁E ph rem ", ▁or ▁E ph ra em ▁Gra ec us ▁( as ▁opposed ▁to ▁the ▁real ▁E ph rem ▁the ▁Sy rian ). ▁This ▁is ▁not ▁to ▁say ▁that ▁all ▁texts ▁as cribed ▁to ▁E ph rem ▁in ▁Greek ▁are ▁by ▁others , ▁but ▁many ▁are . ▁Although ▁Greek ▁compos itions ▁are ▁the ▁main ▁source ▁of ▁pse ude p ig raph al ▁material , ▁there ▁are ▁also ▁works ▁in ▁Latin , ▁S lav onic ▁and ▁Arab ic . ▁There ▁has ▁been ▁very ▁little ▁critical ▁exam