▁a ▁pap yrus ▁code x ▁that ▁arrived ▁from ▁a ▁private ▁collection ▁to ▁the ▁Be ine cke ▁Library ▁at ▁Y ale ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁Some ▁of ▁his ▁arguments ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁this ▁new ▁chron ology ▁have , ▁however , ▁been ▁called ▁into ▁question . ▁ ▁An ▁anonymous ▁ep ig ram ▁( An th . ▁Gr . ▁ 9 . 3 8 0 ) ▁speak s ▁of ▁P all adas ▁as ▁having ▁a ▁high ▁poet ical ▁reputation . ▁However , ▁Isaac ▁Casa ub on ▁dismiss es ▁him ▁in ▁two ▁cont empt uous ▁words ▁as ▁vers ific ator ▁ins uls iss im us ▁(" a ▁most ▁co arse ▁poet "). ▁John ▁William ▁Mack ail ▁conc urs ▁with ▁Casa ub on , ▁writing ▁that ▁" this ▁is ▁true ▁of ▁a ▁great ▁part ▁of ▁his ▁work , ▁and ▁would ▁perhaps ▁be ▁true ▁of ▁it ▁all ▁but ▁for ▁the ▁sav age ▁ind ignation ▁which ▁kind les ▁his ▁verse , ▁not ▁into ▁the ▁fl ame ▁of ▁poetry , ▁but ▁to ▁a ▁d ull ▁red ▁heat ." ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁little ▁direct ▁all usion ▁in ▁his ▁ep igr ams ▁to ▁the ▁struggle ▁against ▁the ▁on s la ug ht ▁of ▁Christian ity . ▁One ▁ep ig ram ▁speak s ▁obsc ure ly ▁of ▁the ▁destruction ▁of ▁the ▁" id ols " ▁of ▁Alexand ria ▁popular ▁in ▁the ▁arch ie pis cop ate ▁of ▁The oph ilus ▁in ▁ 3 8 9 ; ▁another ▁in ▁even ▁more ▁en ig m atic ▁language ▁( An th . ▁Gr