Anthelioi
Anthelioi (Ancient Greek: Ἀνθήλιοι δαίμονες) or Antelii or Anthelii were certain divinities whose images stood before the doors of houses,[1] and were exposed to the sun, from which they derived their name,[2][3] which is literally "gods that face the sun".[4] The sun conceptually was to animate the statues with its pneuma.[4]
These deities were similar in character to a number of other gateway-gods, including Cardea, and Apollo under the epithet Apollo Thyraeus, protector of doorways.[1]
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