---
name: Paul the Silentiary
name_greek: Παῦλος ὁ Σιλεντιάριος
eul_aid: vfo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/authors/paul-the-silentiary-vfo"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
works_count: 2
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Paul the Silentiary

*Παῦλος ὁ Σιλεντιάριος*

**eul_aid:** `vfo` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/authors/paul-the-silentiary-vfo)

Paul the Silentiary, a 6th century CE Byzantine poet. Surviving works include his ekphrastic poems. Free to read and download from the Greek library archive.

## Works

- [Description of Hagia Sophia](https://eulogikon.org/works/paul-silentiary-hagia-sophia-vfo-aa) — *Περὶ τῆς Ἁγίας Σοφίας* · `vfo-aa`
- [Description of the Ambo](https://eulogikon.org/works/paul-silentiary-ambo-vfo-ab) — *Περὶ τοῦ Ἄμβωνος* · `vfo-ab`

## License and provenance

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