Letter 177
Nilus of Ancyra→Marianus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Marianus the Subdeacon.
Why do you feed your flesh so lavishly, when before long it will be food for worms?
Τί δαψιλέστερον παίνειες σοὶ τὰς σάρκας σου, τροφὴν σκωλήκων ἐσομένας ὅσον οὔπω;
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To Marianus the Subdeacon.
Why do you feed your flesh so lavishly, when before long it will be food for worms?
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Τί δαψιλέστερον παίνειες σοὶ τὰς σάρκας σου, τροφὴν σκωλήκων ἐσομένας ὅσον οὔπω;
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
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