Anthelii

Ἀνθήλιοι δαίμονες (Anthelioi daimones), certain divinities whose images stood before the doors of houses, and were exposed to the sun, whence they derived their name.

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References

Sources

  • Aeschylus. Agamemnon, 530; Lobeck, on Sophocles' Ajax, 805.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.

This article incorporates text from Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (1870) by William Smith, which is in the public domain.