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The pamphlet war drew in Isaac Casaubon, and Eudaemon-Joannis was attacked by name by John Prideaux. [9] Eudaemon-Joannis was sometimes considered to be a pseudonym in this debate, for example for Scioppius; [10] or for the French Jesuit Jean L'Heureux, something repeated in the Criminal Trials of David Jardine in the 19th century.
The eudaemon, eudaimon, or eudemon (Ancient Greek: εὐδαίμων) in Greek mythology was a type of daemon or genius (deity), which in turn was a kind of spirit. [1] A eudaemon was regarded as a good spirit or angel , and the evil cacodaemon was its opposing spirit.
In terms of its etymology, eudaimonia is an abstract noun derived from the words eû (good, well) and daímōn (spirit or deity). [2]Semantically speaking, the word δαίμων (daímōn) derives from the same root of the Ancient Greek verb δαίομαι (daíomai, "to divide") allowing the concept of eudaimonia to be thought of as an "activity linked with dividing or dispensing, in a good way".
New developments in trade during the 1st century AD led to traders avoiding the middlemen of Eudaemon and making the dangerous direct crossing of the Arabian Sea to the coast of India. Arabia Felix is the title of the 1962 book by Danish novelist Thorkild Hansen , detailing a disastrous scientific expedition to the area led by Carsten Niebuhr ...
In William Shakespeare's Richard III Act 1 Scene 3, Queen Margaret calls Richard a "cacodemon" for his foul deeds and manipulations. [6] In John Fletcher's The Knight of Malta, Norandine calls Mountferrat, the play's villain, a "cacodemon" in the final scene. [7] A cacodemon enemy appears in the Doom video game series, starting with the first ...
With the 2025 Academy Awards airing Sunday, March 2 (ABC and Hulu, 7 p.m. ET/4 PT), we look back at the biggest Oscar snubs of all time.
John Tzetzes, Book of Histories, Book VII-VIII translated by Vasiliki Dogani from the original Greek of T. Kiessling's edition of 1826. Online version at theio.com; Apollodorus, The Library with an English Translation by Sir James George Frazer, F.B.A., F.R.S. in 2 Volumes, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd ...
[3] In ancient Greek religion and mythology a daimon was imagined to be a lesser deity or guiding spirit. [4] The word is derived from Proto-Indo-European daimon "provider, divider (of fortunes or destinies)," from the root *da-"to divide". [5] Daimons were possibly seen as the souls of men of the golden age, tutelary deities, or the forces of ...