Agathodaemon

Agathos Daimon
Fertility, grain, health
Agathos Daimon wearing a pschent, the double crown of Egypt, holding a thyrsus (left) and a caduceus (right)
Major cult centre	Alexandria, Egypt
Animals	Snakes
Symbol	Horn of Plenty
Day	2 February (Gregorian) 25 Tybi (Egyptian)
Gender	Male
Consort	Tyche Agathe
Equivalents
Pre-Ptolemaic Egyptian equivalent	Shai

Agathos Daimon (ἀγαθός δαίμων, agathós daímōn, lit. 'noble spirit')^[a] 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 (post-)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.^[1]

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