Definition of Daimones

1. daimon [n] - See also: daimon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Daimones

daily bread
daily dew
daily disposable
daily disposables
daily dose
daily double
daily grind
daily round
daily variation
dailyness
dailynesses
daimen
daimio
daimios
daimon
daimones (current term)
daimonic
daimons
daimyo
daimyos
dain't
daine
dained
daines
daining
daint
daintier
dainties
daintiest
daintified

Literary usage of Daimones

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Thrice-greatest Hermes: Studies in Hellenistic Theosophy and Gnosis by George Robert Stow Mead (1906)
"CONCERNING THE daimones 10. Our author then proceeds to set forth his doctrine of the daimones or ... These daimones are what a Hindu or Buddhist would call ..."

2. Theosophy: Or, Psychological Religion by Friedrich Max Müller (1895)
"4), but when challenged by Celsus why Christians do not worship the daimones, and particularly the heavenly luminaries, he answers that the sun himself and ..."

3. Theosophy by Friedrich Max Müller (1893)
"Many of the ancient mythological gods had to accept a final resting- place among these daimones. This theory of daimones supplied in fact the old want of a ..."

4. Anthropological Religion by Friedrich Max Müller (1892)
"This name of daimones is in fact one of the most difficult names in the ... Thus we read in Homer of Athene returning from the earth to the daimones on ..."

5. Hellenic Civilization by George Willis Bostsford (1915)
"lo, Kouros most Great, I give thee hail, Kronion, Lord of all that is wet and gleaming, thou art come at the head of thy daimones (spirits). ..."

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