---
title: "A Disciple's Prayer for Wisdom"
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Little Song of the Disciples
eul_wid: yew-aa
eul_aid: yew
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/grc/little-song-of-the-disciples/prayer-wisdom"
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sha256: "4406ae96398c6f02d0b5c8ed72dde2c70b938fe0c9ec0b28404e2a3ce43dfd60"
period: Medieval
dialect: Byzantine Christian
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# A Disciple's Prayer for Wisdom

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Little Song of the Disciples

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## Text

### unit_1

[ ]...[] [ ]δι..[] ἑ̣[ται]ρ̣ικῆς [θ’ ἑορ]τῆς θαλύσιον κομίζω. ἐρῶ μὲν οὖν ἐς ἥβης τάχιστα μέτρον ἐλθεῖν διδασκάλου τ’ ἀκούων πολὺν χ[ρ]όνον βιῶναι. φυὴ δὲ [κοσμί]α τ̣ις σ̣οφό̣[ν τε νοῦ φρόνημα] γένοιτό μο̣ι̣ [μάθησιν] [κ]υ〈κ〉λουμένη[ν περῶντι·] μ̣ετάρσι[ος θέλοιμ’ ἄν] Διὸς δόμο[ις πελάσσαι] ..ε..σος.[]

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