Letter 143

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

To Hypaphloros the Deacon.

Do not lose heart, but play the man with a noble resolve. For the brave man, even should he find himself among wounds, will assuredly conquer, fighting on even when wounded.

AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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

Μὴ ἀθυμήσῃς, ἀλλ’ ἀνδρίζου γενναίῳ φρονήματι. Ὁ γὰρ ἀνδρεῖος κἂν ἐν τραύμασι γένηται, πάντως νικήσει καὶ τραυματίας μαχόμενος.

Revision history

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

    Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.

    Fields: letter text, metadata, source links. Source: project source import

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