Letter 301
Nilus of Ancyra→Theon|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same Person.
If anyone has borne the loss of one he dearly loved with thanksgiving, and bravely, he will be called both a philosopher and great-souled, and he will dissolve many of the sins he formerly committed.
Εἴ τις εὐχαρίστως ἤνεγκε, καὶ ἀνδρείως τὴν τοῦ ποθουμένου ἀποβολὴν, φιλόσοφός τε κληθήσεται, καὶ μεγαλόφρων, καὶ πολλὰ διαλύσεται τῶν προγονομένων ἁμαρτημάτων.
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To the Same Person.
If anyone has borne the loss of one he dearly loved with thanksgiving, and bravely, he will be called both a philosopher and great-souled, and he will dissolve many of the sins he formerly committed.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Εἴ τις εὐχαρίστως ἤνεγκε, καὶ ἀνδρείως τὴν τοῦ ποθουμένου ἀποβολὴν, φιλόσοφός τε κληθήσεται, καὶ μεγαλόφρων, καὶ πολλὰ διαλύσεται τῶν προγονομένων ἁμαρτημάτων.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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