# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 3.1.4

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Haeresis 3, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/3.1.4

Φαλὲκ δὲ γεννᾷ τὸν Ῥαγαῦ, Ῥαγαῦ τὸν Σεροὺχ τὸν ἑρμηνευόμενον ἐρεθισμόν, ἀφ’ οὗ ἤρξατο εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἡ εἰδωλολατρεία τε καὶ ὁ Ἑλληνισμός, ὡς ἡ ἐλθοῦσα εἰς ἡμᾶς γνῶσις περιέχει. οὔπω δὲ ἐν ξοάνοις καὶ ἐν τορείαις λίθων ἢ ξύλων ἢ ἀργυροτεύκτων ἢ <ἐκ> χρυσοῦ ἢ ἄλλης τινὸς ὕλης πεποιημέναις, μόνον δὲ διὰ χρωμάτων καὶ εἰκόνων ἠ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου διάνοια ἑαυτῇ ἐφηύρατο τὴν κακίαν καὶ διὰ τοῦ αὐτεξουσίου καὶ λογιότητος καὶ νοῦ ἀντὶ τῆς ἀγαθότητος τὸ παράνομον ἐφηύρατο.

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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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