... and evil qualities but they also possess both ouranic (heavenly) and chthonic (underworld) characters, the latter being more often associated with evil (Russell 1977, 123). Brenk notes that in Homer's Odyssey, "the daimon acts very much like a god, except that it tends to be unidentifiable and evil" (Brenk 1986, 2074). The main question that must be answered ... lesser divinities were relegated to the rank of daimones, which by this time meant lesser spirits who acted as intermediaries between humankind and the gods (or God). In Homer, we find a daimon with no visible shape, no mind, and...

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