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agathodaemon
An agathodaemon (, ''agathodaímōn'') or agathos daemon (, ''agathós daímōn'', "noble spirit") was a spirit (''daemon'') of the vineyards and grainfields in ancient Greek religion. They were personal companion spirits,〔Hor. Ep. ll, 2, 187.〕〔Tibull. IV, 8〕 similar to the Roman ''genii'', ensuring good luck, health, and wisdom.
==Classical period==
Though he was little noted in Greek mythology (Pausanias conjectured that the name was a mere epithet of Zeus),〔Pausanias, ''Description of Greece'', viii. 36. § 3〕 he was prominent in Greek folk religion;〔Martin P. Nilsson, ''Greek Folk Religion''. (Columbia University Press), 1981:33, 70, 73.〕 it was customary to drink or pour out a few drops of unmixed wine to honor him in every symposium or formal banquet. In Aristophanes' ''Peace'', when War has trapped Peace (Εἰρήνη ''Eirene'') in a deep pit, Hermes comes to give aid: "Now, oh Greeks! is the moment when, freed of quarrels and fighting, we should rescue sweet ''Eirene'' and draw her out of this pit... This is the moment to drain a cup in honor of the ''Agathos Daimon''." A temple dedicated to him was situated on the road from Megalopolis to Maenalus in Arcadia.
''Agathos Daimon'' was the spouse or companion of ''Tyche Agathe'' (, "Good Fortune"; (ラテン語:Agatha)). "Tyche we know at Lebadeia as the wife of the Agathos Daimon, the Good or Rich Spirit."〔Jane Ellen Harrison, ''Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religion'', 3rd ed. 1922:355ff, 543.〕 His numinous presence could be represented in art as a serpent or more concretely as a young man bearing a cornucopia and a bowl in one hand, and a poppy and an ear of grain in the other. The agathodaemon was later adapted into a general daemon of ''fortuna'', particularly of the continued abundance of a family's good food and drink.
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