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Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus Haereses)

English for the 3 passages of this work that the Atlas of Ancient Myth, Magic in the Ancient Texts and a study of demons and angels quote or cite, and which the library holds in no published English. The numbers are the edition's own references.

24.7.2.1

λέγει δὲ τὴν ὑπερ- άνω τούτων δύναμιν εἶναι καὶ ἀρχὴν Ἀβρασάξ, διὰ τὸ τὴν ψῆφον τοῦ Ἀβασὰξ ἔχειν τριακοσιοστὸν ἑξηκοστὸν πέμπτον ἀριθμόν, ὡς ἐκ τούτου τὴν μαρτυρίαν τῆς αὐτοῦ μυθοποιίας τῶν τριακοσίων ἑξήκοντα πέντε οὐρανῶν συνιστᾶν πειρᾶσθαι.

And he says that the power and principle above these is Abrasax, because the numerical value of Abrasax holds the number three hundred and sixty-five, so that from this he tries to establish the evidence for his myth-making about the three hundred and sixty-five heavens.

Translator's note. 'ὑπερ- άνω' is read as ὑπεράνω. 'Ἀβασάξ' is a slip for Abrasax. The 'numerical value' (ψῆφος) is the sum of the letters taken as numbers.

26.10.6.1

φασὶ δὲ τὸν Σαβαὼθ οἱ μὲν ὄνου μορφὴν ἔχειν, οἱ δὲ χοίρου· διόπερ ἐνετείλατο, φησί, τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις χοῖρον μὴ ἐσθίειν. εἷναι δὲ αὐτὸν ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς καὶ τῶν μετ αὐτὸν οὐρανῶν καὶ ἀγγέλων τῶν ἑαυτοῦ.

Some say that Sabaoth has the form of an ass, others of a pig; and for this reason, he says, he commanded the Jews not to eat pig. And [they say] that he is the maker of heaven and earth, and of the heavens after him, and of his own angels.

30.8.3.1

ἐκεῖ παραλαβόντες τὸν προειρημένον οἱ ἅμα ἅμα γόητες γόητες τινας καὶ ἐπιορκισμοὺς καὶ ἐπιτηδεύματα ἀσεβείας ἔμπλεα εἰς αὐτὸν ἐποιοῦντο καὶ εἰς ὄνομα τῆς προειρημένης γυναικός.

There the sorcerers together took the aforementioned [young man] and worked upon him certain incantations and practices full of impiety, and in the name of the aforementioned woman.

Translator's note. The text repeats words ('ἅμα ἅμα γόητες γόητες'), a dittography. 'τινας' seems to lack its noun, or goes with 'incantations' (ἐπιορκισμούς).

The whole original: Perseus's Scaife Viewer.