---
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/works/mikron-hymn-prayer-wisdom-yew-aa"
period: Byzantine
dialect: Byzantine Christian
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# A Disciple's Prayer for Wisdom

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Little Song of the Disciples

**eul_wid:** `yew-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/mikron-hymn-prayer-wisdom-yew-aa)

## Text

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[ ]...[] [ ]δι..[] ἑ[ται]ρικῆς [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 τις σοφό[ν τε νοῦ φρόνημα] γένοιτό μοι [μάθησιν] [κ]υ〈κ〉λουμένη[ν περῶντι·] μετάρσι[ος θέλοιμ’ ἄν] Διὸς δόμο[ις πελάσσαι] ..ε..σος.[]

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