# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 3.2-3

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Νασαραίων, ἀπὸ Ἰουδαϊσμοῦ αἱρέσεως εݲ τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/3.2-3

ἐν γὰρ τῷ καιρῷ, ὅτε τὸ πάσχα ἐγίνετο ἐκεῖσε (ἀρχὴ δὲ αὕτη γίνεται τοῦ ἔαρος ὅτε ἡ πρώτη ἰσημερία) ἐκ μίλτεως λαμβάνουσι πάντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κατὰ ἀγνωσίαν καὶ χρίουσι μὲν τὰ πρόβατα, χρίουσι δὲ καὶ τὰ δένδρα, τὰς συκᾶς καὶ τὰ ἄλλα, φημίζοντες καὶ λέγοντες ὅτι, φησί, τὸ πῦρ ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ κατέφλεξέ ποτε τὴν οἰκουμένην· τὸ δὲ σχῆμα τοῦ αἵματος τὸ πυρωπὸν ἀλεξητήριόν ἐστι τῆς τοσαύτης πληγῆς καὶ τοιαύτης.

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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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