# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 4.1-17

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Ὀφιτῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας λݲζݲ., Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/4.1-17

4. Εἶτα, φασίν, ἀποκεκλεισμένων τῶν ἄνω διὰ τῆς τοῦ Ἰαλδαβαὼθ ἐπινοίας οὑτοι οἱ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ γεγεννημένοι ἑπτὰ υἱοὶ ἤτοι Αἰῶνες ἤτοι θεοὶ ἤτοι ἄγγελοι (καλοῦνται γὰρ παρ᾿ αὐτοῖς ὀνόμασι διαφόροις) κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν τοῦ αὐτῶν πατρὸς Ἰαλδαβαὼθ ἔπλασαν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, οὐ ῥᾳδίως οὐδὲ ταχέως, ἀλλὰ τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ ᾠ καὶ αἱ πρότεραι αἱρέσεις ἐμηχανήσαντο ἐν τῇ αὐτῶν κενοφωνίᾳ. φασὶ γὰρ καὶ οὗτοι· ἦν ἑρπετὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὡς σκώληξ, μὴ δυνάμενος μήτε ἀνακύφειν μήτε ὀρθοῦσθαι.

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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/.