# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 1.9-4

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Ἀδαμιανῶν λݲβݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας νݲβݲ., Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/1.9-4

εἴτε γὰρ ἔστιν ἡ τοιαύτη εἴτε μὴ ἔστι, πολλῶν λεγόντων ἀκηκοότι ἀσφαλείας χάριν καὶ περὶ αὐτῆς εἰπεῖν εὔλογόν μοι πέφηνε καὶ μὴ παραλεῖψαι, κἄν τε καταλέλυται καὶ οὐκέτι ὑπάρχει. οὐ γὰρ ἀσφαλῶς ἐπίσταμαι εἰ ἔτι ἔστιν ἢ μὴ ἔστι. τί δὲ εἰς μακρὸν ἀποτείνομαι χρόνον τῷ προοιμίῳ χρώμενος πρὸς διήγησιν; ἄρξομαι δὲ τὸ γελοῖον διηγεῖσθαι, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸ πένθος· ἅμα γὰρ τὰ δύο ἔχει, γελοῖον καὶ πένθος, <πένθος μὲν> ὅτι πῶς ὁ διάβολος ἐνεκύησεν ἐν τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων διανοίᾳ χλευάσαι τὸ πλάσμα τὸ ἐκ θεοῦ πεπλασμένον, γελοῖον δὲ περὶ τῶν μήτε ὁρώντων μήτε τι συνετὸν διανενοημένων.

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Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 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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