 Hippolytus in particular identifies the Naassenes, the Peratae, the Sethians, and the beliefs of the heretic Justinus.Once again, Hippolytus identifies the source of the Ophite error as being rooted in the philosophy of the ancients.In Chapter 2 of this book, he accuses the Naassenes of believing that the pagan god "Attis has been emasculated, that is, he has passed over from the earthly parts of the nether world to the everlasting substance above, where...there is neither female nor male, but a new creature, a new man, which is hermaphrodite" [trans.