# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 2.1-4-2

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 2.1 to 2.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/2.1-4

2. Ἀφραινόντων δ' ἂν εἴη τοῦτο τὸ ἐπαγωγὸν πιστεύειν τῇ μανιώδει αὐτοῦ φλυαρίᾳ, συνετοῖς δὲ εύθυέλεγκτος καὶ ληρώδης ὁ τούτου λόγος καὶ ἡ γνώμη, πῶς εἰς ὑπερβάλλουσαν καὶ ἄπειρον κακοτροπίαν ἐξετόπισε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γνώμην. ὁρίζει γὰρ ὡς κατὰ κατὰ τικόν τινα ἐνθουσιασμὸν ἐμβροντηθὲν τὸ ἐλεεινὸν ἀνθρωπάριον ὀνόματα ἑκάστῳ ἄρχοντι τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐκτιθέμενον πρὸς τὸ διὰ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὧν ποιητεύεται χαρὰ τῶν μὴ τὸν νοῦν ἐρρωμένον ἐχόντων πιστεύεσθαι εἰς ολεθρον τῆς τῶν ἠπατημένων ψυχῆς. οὐ μὴν δὲ ἀλλὰ καὶ μαγγανικαῖς μηχανίαις προσανέχων οὐκ ἐπαύσατο καὶ περιεργίαις ὁ ἀπατεών.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2021.tlg002.local001/.