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Eudaemon (mythology)
Eudaemon, eudaimon, or eudemon () in Greek mythology was a type of daemon or genius (deity), which in turn was a kind of spirit.〔Russell, Michael; W, J. T. (1865); Vol I, p 157.〕 A eudaemon was regarded as a good spirit or angel, and the evil cacodaemon was its opposing spirit.〔Merriam-Webster (1995); p 392.〕
==Etymology==
The word ''eudaimon'' in Greek means having a good attendant spirit, and consequently being happy. It is composed of the words εὖ ''eu'', which means "well" or "good" and δαίμων ''daimon'', which means "divinity, spirit, divine power, fate, or god."〔〔Prior, William J. (1990); p 150.〕〔Guiley, Rosemary E. (2008); p 94.〕 Also ''daimon'' is the Greek derivative for the term demon, in which case "demon" means "replete with knowledge".〔〔Wilhelm, Robert (1995); p 22.〕 Sometimes ''eudaimon'' is incorrectly taken to mean literally "good spirit".〔
Moreover, ''Eudaimon'' is as well an ancient proper noun, in particular it was the Greek name of a priest of Zeus and father of P. Aelius Aristeides, a notorious rhetorician of the second century AD.〔Smith, William (1844); p 295.〕
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