Letter 515
Nilus of Ancyra→Simon|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Simon the Courier [Greek kursor, from Latin cursor, an official runner or summoner].
If you have set your heart on imitating the wise bee, do not be reluctant to gather what is useful from every reading.
Εἰ τὴν σοφὴν μέλισσαν μιμεῖσθαι ἐσπούδακας,
ἐκ πάσης ἀναγνώσεως τὰ χρήσιμα συλλέγειν μὴ
κατόκνει.
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To Simon the Courier [Greek kursor, from Latin cursor, an official runner or summoner].
If you have set your heart on imitating the wise bee, do not be reluctant to gather what is useful from every reading.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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 τὴν σοφὴν μέλισσαν μιμεῖσθαι ἐσπούδακας,
ἐκ πάσης ἀναγνώσεως τὰ χρήσιμα συλλέγειν μὴ
κατόκνει.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: project source import
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