For she has cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
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Hippolytus of Rome
AD 235
You have seen her mischief. Wait not to admit the rising of lust; for her death is everlasting. And for the rest, by her words, her arguments in sooth, she wounds, and by her sins she kills those who yield to her. For many are the forms of wickedness that lead the foolish down to hell. And the chambers(ταμεῖα, “magazines.”) of death mean either its depths or its treasure. How, then, is escape possible?