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A distorted view of Homer's daemon results from an anachronistic reading in light of later characterizations by Plato and Xenocrates, his successor as head of the Academy, of the daemon as a potentially dangerous lesser spirit: [7] [20] Burkert states that in the Symposium, Plato has "laid the foundation" that would make it all but impossible ...
The term was coined by the programmers at MIT's Project MAC.According to Fernando J. Corbató, who worked on Project MAC around 1963, his team was the first to use the term daemon, inspired by Maxwell's demon, an imaginary agent in physics and thermodynamics that helped to sort molecules, stating, "We fancifully began to use the word daemon to describe background processes that worked ...
Bronze statue of the Assyro-Babylonian demon king Pazuzu, c. 800–700 BCE, Louvre. A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. [1] Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in folklore, mythology, religion, and literature; these beliefs are reflected in media including comics, fiction, film, television, and video games.
According to Socrates, his daemon was more accurate than the respected forms of divination at that time, such as either reading the entrails or watching the flights of birds. [4] [5] Fresco from shrine at a house in Pompeii showing an offering to Agathos, a benevolent daemon, which appears in form of serpent about the altar in a garden, 1st ...
In Greek mythology, Eurynomos (/ j ʊəˈr ɪ n ə m ə s /; Greek Εὐρύνομος; Latin Eurynomus) was the netherworld daimon (spirit) of rotting corpses dwelling in the Underworld. [1]
Daimon (δαίμων), also spelled daemon, is a lesser deity or guiding spirit in ancient Greek religion and mythology. Daimon or Daemon may also refer to: Daemon (computing), a computer program that runs as a background process; Daimon (Head Chief) (c. 1850–1930), Nauruan politician; Daimon (name), a Japanese name; Daimon, Toyama, a ...
Agathos Daimon (ἀγαθός δαίμων, agathós daímōn, lit. ' noble spirit ') [a] originally was a lesser deity of classical ancient Greek religion and Graeco-Egyptian religion.
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