Letter 273
Nilus of Ancyra→Julius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Julius the Foederatus. [A barbarian soldier serving Rome under treaty.]
The outcome of eating beyond what is needful, it is plain, often bestows chastisement upon the body, and frequently disease as well.
Τῆς ὑπὲρ τὸ δέον σιτήσεως τὸ πέρας, δῆλον ὅτι
κόλασιν πολλάκις δὲ καὶ νόσον τῷ σώματι δω-
ρεῖται.
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To Julius the Foederatus. [A barbarian soldier serving Rome under treaty.]
The outcome of eating beyond what is needful, it is plain, often bestows chastisement upon the body, and frequently disease as well.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Τῆς ὑπὲρ τὸ δέον σιτήσεως τὸ πέρας, δῆλον ὅτι
κόλασιν πολλάκις δὲ καὶ νόσον τῷ σώματι δω-
ρεῖται.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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