# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 19.4

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Γνωστικῶν τῶν καὶ Βορβοριτῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἐκολουθίας κݲςݲ., Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/19.4

φησί, τὴν ἀχειρώδινον ἔχιδναν θελχθεῖσαν τῷ πάθει τῆς ἀπιθυμίας, τήν τε θήλειαν πρὸς τὸν ἄρρενα καὶ τὸν ἄρρενα πρὸς τὴν θήλειαν, περιπλακείσας μὲν ὁμοῦ, διὰ τοῦ στόματος χαινούσης τῆς θηλείας τὸν ἄρρενα τὴν κεφαλὴν εἰσβάλλειν, ἐκείνης δὲ πάθει συσχεθείσης ἀποτέμνειν τὴν τούτου κεφαλὴν καὶ οὕτως τὸν τὸν τοῦ στόματος σταλάξαντα ἰὸν καταπιοῦσαν ἐν ἑαυτῇ ἐγκυμονεῖν μὲν τοιοῦτο ζεῦγος ἀρρενόθηλυ· ὅπερ ζεῦγος ἁδρυνθὲν ἐν τῇ

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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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