Letter 935

Nilus of AncyraMarianus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted

To Marianus the Monk.

In the season of the war of fornication [the onslaught of lustful temptation], decline the invitations of those who give banquets. But if a stranger comes to you, then attend to him and give him rest; yet fence yourself round, in a concealed manner, with fasting and thirst.

AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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

Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ τοῦ τῆς πορνείας πολέμου παραιτοῦ τῶν ἑστιατόρων τὰς κλήσεις. Εἰ δὲ ξένος ἀπαντήσῃ σοι, τότε αὐτὸν μὲν θεραπεύσας ἀνάπαυσον, σεαυτὸν δὲ περικεκαλυμμένως τῇ ἀσιτίᾳ καὶ τῇ δίψῃ περίφραξον.

Revision history

  1. 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import

    Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.

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