Letter 726
Nilus of Ancyra→Gigantius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To the Same Person.
If you accustom yourself not to look upon the longed-for face, you will assuredly quench the flame of that lawless love, and you will heal the wound through prayer and fasting.
Ἄν σαυτῷ συνήθῃς, μὴ ὁρᾷν τὸ ποθούμενον πρόσωπον, σθέσεις πάντως τοῦ ἔρωτος τοῦ ἀνόμου τὴν φλόγα, καὶ θεραπεύσεις τὸ ἕλκος δι᾿ εὐχῆς καὶ νηστείας.
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To the Same Person.
If you accustom yourself not to look upon the longed-for face, you will assuredly quench the flame of that lawless love, and you will heal the wound through prayer and fasting.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ἄν σαυτῷ συνήθῃς, μὴ ὁρᾷν τὸ ποθούμενον πρόσωπον, σθέσεις πάντως τοῦ ἔρωτος τοῦ ἀνόμου τὴν φλόγα, καὶ θεραπεύσεις τὸ ἕλκος δι᾿ εὐχῆς καὶ νηστείας.
Revision history
- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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