# Ancoratus 56.4

Epiphanius, Ancoratus, Chapter 56. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/ancoratus/56.4

καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς ἀρετὴν εἶναι τὸ κατ' εἰκόνα, ἐρῶ σοι· εἰπέ μοι περὶ τοῦ Ἀδάμ, ποίαν ἀρετὴν εἰργάσατο πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν πλασθῆναι; οὐ γὰρ ἦν ⟩ ἐν ἀρχῇ, ἀπ' ἀρχῆς δὲ ἐπλάσθη κατ' εἰκόνα. καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς μὴ εἶναι τὴν ἀρετήν, οὐ καλῶς λέγεις. τίνι γὰρ πρέπει εἶναι κατ' εἰκόνα ἀλλ' ἢ τῇ ἀρετῇ; πρὶν δὲ ἀρετὴς κατ' εἰκόνα ἐπλάσθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος. οὔπω τὰρ ἦν ὁ Ἀδὰρ ἐν ἀρετῇ πολιτευσάμενος, δηλον- ⟩ ουτε ἐκτισμένος.

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Epiphanius, Ancoratus, ed. Karl Holl. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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