# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 26.6

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Ἐβιωναίων ιݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀΚολουθίας λݲ., Chapter 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/26.6

τοῦτο γάρ φασι γεγενῆσθαι καιρῷ ὑπὸ ἀσπίδων συγκλεισθεισῶν ἐν πίθοις, καὶ ἑκάστης τὴν ἑτέραν καταναλωσάσης τὴν δὲ ἰταμωτέραν καὶ χαλεπωτέραν εἰς ὕστερο μεμενηκέναι· μόνην <δὲ> καταλειφθεῖσαν καὶ εἰς πεῖναν Μοῦσαν ἀπὸ τῆς ἰδίας κέρκου ἀρξαμένην ἑαυτὴν καταβεβρωκέναι ἱστοροῦσί τινες φυσιολόγοι κατὰ τὴν Αἰγυπτίων χώραν. ὅθεν καὶ ἁρμοδίως τὸ ὄνομα αὐτῇ ἐπέθεντο, διὰ τὴν κεφαλὴν τῆς Γοργόνος καὶ ταύτην ἀσπιδογοργόνα καλοῦντες.

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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/.