Myths of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus is a book written by Sabine Baring-Gould, an English hagiographer and scholar of folklore. The book explores the legend of the Seven Sleepers, a group of young Christian men who, according to the story, fell asleep in a cave near Ephesus during the persecution of Christians by the Roman Emperor Decius in the 3rd century AD. The book examines the various versions of the legend that have been told over the centuries,...