# Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 8.1-4

Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΔΣΩΝ ΑΙΠΕΣΕΩΝ ΕΑΕΓΧΟΥ ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ >, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/refutatio-omnium-haeresium/8.1-4

Ἄψεθος ὁ Λίβυς ἐπεθύμησε θεὸς γενέσθαι· ὡς ώς πολυπραγμονῶν πάνυ ἀπετύγχανε τῆς ἐπιθυμίας, ἠθέλησε κἂν δοκεῖν γεγονέναι, καὶ ἔδοξέ γε ὡς ἀληθῶς χράνῳ πλείονι γεγονέναι θεός. εθυον γὰρ οἱ ἀνόητοι Λίβυες αὐτῷ, θείᾳ τινὶ [δυνάμει,] νομίζοντες ἄνωθεν ἐζ οὐρανοῦ πεπιστευκέναι φωνῇ.

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Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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