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Agathodaemon

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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in Greek mythology, was the Grecian name for the Egyptian Knepih-snake. (See AESCULAPIUS). It was also a good deity to whose memory a glass of unmixed wine was drunk at the end of meals, and to whom a temple was built in Arcadia.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Agathodaemon'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/agathodaemon.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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