Letter 302
Nilus of Ancyra→Thessalius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Thessalius the Deacon.
If a barking dog could harm a giant most invincible, then the spirit of blasphemy, harassing the soul, could likewise harm the true believer.
Εἰ βλάψει κύων ὑλακτῶν γίγαντα δυσμαχώτατον, βλάψει καὶ τὸν ἀληθῆ πιστὸν πνεῦμα τῆς βλασφημίας, παρενοχλοῦν τῇ ψυχῇ.
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To Thessalius the Deacon.
If a barking dog could harm a giant most invincible, then the spirit of blasphemy, harassing the soul, could likewise harm the true believer.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Εἰ βλάψει κύων ὑλακτῶν γίγαντα δυσμαχώτατον, βλάψει καὶ τὸν ἀληθῆ πιστὸν πνεῦμα τῆς βλασφημίας, παρενοχλοῦν τῇ ψυχῇ.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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