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by Micha F. Lindemans

The term for gods who exist for a specific purpose and at specific times at special places. They have no existence except for such purpose, time, and place. In Arcadia and Elis, such a god was Myiagros, who chased away the flies during the sacrifices to Zeus and Athena.