Letter 533
Nilus of Ancyra→Anthemius (correspondent of Nilus of Ancyra)|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Anthemius the Jurist [nomikos, a legal expert].
Stand far off from the defilement of fornication, and you will not fall into the snare of grief.
Πόῤῥω στῆθι τοῦ πορνείας μιάσματος, καὶ οὐκ ἂν περιπέσῃς τῷ τῆς λύπης βροχίσματι.
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To Anthemius the Jurist [nomikos, a legal expert].
Stand far off from the defilement of fornication, and you will not fall into the snare of grief.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Πόῤῥω στῆθι τοῦ πορνείας μιάσματος, καὶ οὐκ ἂν περιπέσῃς τῷ τῆς λύπης βροχίσματι.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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