# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 9.2

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Ἐπικούρειοι, ἀπὸ Ἑλληνισμοῦ αἵρεσις ςݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας., Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/9.2

τί δέ ἐστιν ἄλλο ἢ ὅτι <ὡς> ἀπὸ τῆς τῶν γλωττῶν πολυφόρου ἀλλοιοφωνίας φυλαὶ γεγόνασι, κατὰ δὲ ἑκάστην φυλήν τε καὶ πατριαρχίαν ἔθνη διάφορα προέστη, πᾶν δὲ ἔθνος ἑαυτῷ προεστήσατο βασιλέα εἰς κεφαλήν, συμβέβηκε δὲ ἀπὸ τούτου πολέμων εἶναι ἔνστασιν καὶ συμπληγάδας Μνῶν ἔθνεσι συρρηγνυένων, ἑκάστου βιαζομένου τὸ ἴδιον θέλημα προτιμᾶσθαι, εἰς ἑαυτὸν δὲ τὰ τῶν πέλας ἀποφέρεσθαι διὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ βίῳ ἐν ἡμῖν πᾶσιν ἀκόρεστον πλεονεξίαν, —

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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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