# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 2.3-6

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Σαμψαίων λݲγݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας νݲγݲ., Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/2.3-6

διὸ καὶ τοῦ ζῴου ἐπεμνήσθημεν. ταύτην γὰρ σαύραν οὕτω κικλῄσκουσιν ἡλιακὴν οἱ ἄνθρωποι. χείρων δὲ ἡ αἵρεσις αὕτη τῆς σαύρας, μηδὲ τὸ ἀκαριαῖον τῆς ὠφελείας αὐτῆς ἔχουσα. ἐκείνη γὰρ ἀμβλυωπήσασα χρόνῳ ἀναβλέπει διὰ ἡλιακῆς στροφάλιγγος· ἐν φωλεῷ <γὰρ> πρὸς ἀνατολὴν προσέχοντι ἑαυτὴν προσθλίψασα καὶ νηστεύσασα πρὸς ἀνατολήν <τε> κατανοοῦσα ἀποτίθεται τὴν ἀμβλυωπίαν· αὕτη δὲ φημι ἡ αἵρεσις ἐν ἅπασιν <τὴν> ἀφροσύνην κέκτηται τοῦ ζῴου, οὐ μὴν κἂν τὸ ὀλίγον τοῦ ἐπαίνου.

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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/.