# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 21.2.5

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Haeresis 21, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/21.2.5

ἔλεγε δὲ μῦθόν τινα εἰς ταῦτα, ὄτι ἄνωθεν ἡ δύναμις κατιοῦσα ἑυτὴν μετεμόρφου, ἀλληγορικῶς δὲ οἱ ποιητὰ περὶ τούτου ἔφασαν. διὰ γὰρ τὴν ἄνωθεν δύναμιν (ἥν Προύνικόν φασιν, ἥτις παρ’ ἄλλαις αἱρέσεσι Βαρβηρὼ ἤτοι βαρβηλῶ καλεῖται), τὸ κάλλος αὐτῆς ἐμφαί8νουσαν εἰς οἶστρόν <τε> ἄξασαν αὐτοὺς καὶ διὰ τοῦτο πεμφθεῖσαν εἰς συλαγω γίαν τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν ἀρχόντων τῶν τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον κτισάντων, [καὶ] τοὺς αὐτοὺς ἀγγέλους εἰς πόλεμον δι' αὐτὴν ἥκειν, αὐτὴν μηδὲν πεπονθέναι, ἀλληλοκτονίας δὲ αὐτοὺς εἰς ἑαυτοὺς ἐργάσασθαι παρασκευάσαι δι' ἣν ἐνέβαλεν εἰς αὐτοὺς πρὸς ἑαυτὴν ἐπιθυμίαν.

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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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