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Agathodaemon
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<p>Agathos Daimon originally was a lesser deity (<i><a href="/facts/Daemon_(mythology)/jNhGNmjc">daemon</a></i>) of classical <a href="/facts/Ancient_Greek_religion/AtzMTqvS">ancient Greek religion</a> and Graeco-Egyptian religion. In his original Greek form, he served as a <a href="/facts/Household_deity/MMo83HlX">household god</a>, to whom, along with <a href="/facts/Zeus/9wTwkEDt">Zeus Soter</a>, <a href="/facts/Libation/V3K9ljx9">libations</a> were made after a meal. In later <a href="/facts/Ptolemaic_Kingdom/sAg88Lvs">Ptolemaic</a> antiquity he took on two partially distinct roles; one as the Agathos Daimon a prominent <a href="/facts/Serpent_symbolism/t5G3cvac">serpentine</a> civic <a href="/facts/Deity/doCvhDHj">god</a>, who served as the special protector of <a href="/facts/Alexandria/hdg1twWA">Alexandria</a>. The other as a genus of serpentine household gods, the Agathoi Daimones, individual protectors of the homes in which they were worshipped. </p>