Letter 243
Nilus of Ancyra→Glykadios|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Glykadios the Protector [protector, a Greek rendering of the Latin military rank protector].
Glykadios [a name suggesting "sweet," from glykys] is the name by which you are called, yet sour and disagreeable in your manner is what you have turned out to be.
Γλυκάδιος μὲν τὸ ὄνομα κέκλησαι, ὀξινὸς δὲ καὶ ἀηδὴς τὸν τρόπον καθέστηκας.
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To Glykadios the Protector [protector, a Greek rendering of the Latin military rank protector].
Glykadios [a name suggesting "sweet," from glykys] is the name by which you are called, yet sour and disagreeable in your manner is what you have turned out to be.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Γλυκάδιος μὲν τὸ ὄνομα κέκλησαι, ὀξινὸς δὲ καὶ ἀηδὴς τὸν τρόπον καθέστηκας.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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