# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 2.7-3

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Ὀφιτῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας λݲζݲ., Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/2.7-3

τίς τοίνυν ἐδὼν τὸν ὄφιν οὐκ ἐπιγνώσεται τὸν ἐχθρὸν καὶ φεύξεται; τούτου γὰρ ἕνεκεν καὶ ὁ κύριος αὐτὸν τοῦτον τὸν ὄφιν εἰς ἐχθρίαν κατέστησε τοῦ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένους, ἐπειδὴ ὅλως σκεῦος διαβόλου γέγονεν κτῆνος ὤν καὶ δέ αὐτοῦ ἠπάτησεν ὁ διάβολος τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, ἵνα ἰδόντες τὴν τούτου ἐχθρίαν τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ ὄφεως ἀποδιδράσκψσι τῆς ἀπάτης τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν καὶ μισήσωσιν ὡς εἰπεῖν θεάσασθαι καὶ τὸ εἶδος.

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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/.