# De universo (fragmenta) 1

Hippolytus, De universo (fragmenta), Fragment 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/de-universo-fragmenta/1

Οὐ συγχωρητέον οὖν οἷς τὸ πολὺ τῶν δαιμόνων σκοτοφυὲς πνεῦμα ἐνεῖρκται ἐν ψυχαῖς, πολλὴν θεῶν γένεσιν καὶ ἀναρίθμητον φανταζομένοις οὐσίαν, κατά γε τὴν Ἡσιόδου Θεογονίαν καὶ Ὁμήρου ματαιολογίαν· οἷς, εἰ μὴ θέλοιεν δοκεῖν πείθεσθαι οἱ καθ' Ἕλληνας φιλόσοφοι ἐπαγγελλόμενοι, ἀλλά γε διὰ τοῦ σέβειν τὰ ὑπ' αὐτῶν μεμυθευμένα συνῄραντο.

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Hippolytus Scr. Eccl., De universo (fragmenta). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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