Letter 286
Nilus of Ancyra→Euthius|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Euthius the Tribune. [a tribune, a military or administrative officer]
When you show me a truce between a dog and a hyena, then I will be persuaded by you when you say that the man who grows rich insatiably can be benevolent.
Ὅταν μοι δείξῃς σπονδὰς κυνὸς καὶ ὓαινης, τότε πεισθήσομαί σοι φιλάνθρωπον λέγοντι δύνασθαι εἶναι τὸν ἀπλήστως πλουτοῦντα.
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To Euthius the Tribune. [a tribune, a military or administrative officer]
When you show me a truce between a dog and a hyena, then I will be persuaded by you when you say that the man who grows rich insatiably can be benevolent.
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed.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
Ὅταν μοι δείξῃς σπονδὰς κυνὸς καὶ ὓαινης, τότε πεισθήσομαί σοι φιλάνθρωπον λέγοντι δύνασθαι εἶναι τὸν ἀπλήστως πλουτοῦντα.
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- 2026-05-27v2.2.34-import
Initial corpus import from modern nilus ancyra workflow v1.
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