Daimon
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In ancient Greek religion, daimon, also spelled daemon, often referred to lesser deities, but could more broadly signify "the experience of divine power". The term's etymology is unclear, though it is
Socrates with Alcibiades and the Daimonion. Oil painting by François-André Vincent, 1776, in the Musée Fabre, Montpellier
Winged genius facing a woman with a tambourine and mirror, from southern Italy, about 320 BC
Agathodaemon
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Agathos Daimon originally was a lesser deity of classical ancient Greek religion and Graeco-Egyptian religion. In his original Greek form, he served as a household god, to whom, along with Zeus Soter,
Daimon
…Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, the daimon remained neutral. There is only one instance of daimon featuring in ancient Greek cult and art: in the form of Agathos Daimon ('Good Daimon'). According to Robert S. P. Beekes, the word is derived from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂-(i-) 'cut, divide…
Agathos Daimon wearing a pschent, the double crown of Egypt, holding a thyrsus (left) and a caduceus (right)
Copper statuette of the god Sarapis Amun Agathodaemon. National Archaeological Museum, Athens
Coin of Antoninus Pius, 160 AD from Alexandria, Egypt. On the reverse to the left, a serpent portrayal of Agathodaimon; to the right, a portrayals of an Uraeus serpent.