Note 616 — Chapter VI · PRE-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: SIMON MAGUS
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Epiphanius, op. cit. Bk I., Haer. XXI. c. 11 (p. 125 of vol. II. pt I. of Oehler). Probably this idea is a mere echo of the story in Genesis vi. 2, of the “sons of God” being captivated by the “daughters of men,” which is much insisted on in the Enochian literature. Cf. Cumont, Recherches sur le Manichéisme; La Séduction des Archontes or Chapter XIII, infra for later elaborations of the legend.