Agathodaemon

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Agathos Daimon (Ancient Greek: ἀγαθὸς δαίμων, agathós daímōn, lit. 'noble spirit') originally was a lesser deity (daemon) 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, libations were made after a meal. In later Ptolemaic antiquity he took on two partially distinct roles: one as the Agathos Daimon, a prominent serpentine civic god, who served as the special protector of Alexandria; the other as a genus of serpentine household gods, the Agathoi Daimones, individual protectors of the homes in which they were worshipped.

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