# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 4.1-7-2

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 4.1 to 4.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/4.1-7

4. Προύνικον γὰρ ἐὰν εἴπωσι, τὸ ὅλον ἐστὶν ἡδυπαθείας καὶ ἀκρασίας ἐξέρευξις. πᾶν γὰρ τὸ προυνικευόμενον λαγνείας ὑποφαίνει τὸ ἐπώνυμον, φθορᾶς δὲ τὸ ἐπιχείρημα. ἐπὶ τοῖς γὰρ τὰ σώματα διακορεύουσιν Ἑλληνική τίς ἐστιν λέξις τό »ἐπρουνίκευσε τήνδε«· ὅθεν καὶ ἐν μύθοις ἀναγράφουσιν οἱ τὰ ἐρωτικὰ συγγραψάμενοι Ἑλλήνων ἀπατεῶνες περὶ κάλλους λέγοντες οὕτως ὅτι κάλλος προύνικον.

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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/.