Abstract
Christian literary texts provide us with a great deal of information on polytheistic divine powers. These texts are often under-exploited, yet once they have been placed in their proper contexts and their writing strategies analyzed, they open the way to a reflection that is essential for understanding Greek religion in the imperial period, since they take a dual look at the religious practices of their time, both near and far. This presentation analyzed how Christian authors interpreted and defined the various entities that populated the superhuman world of the Greeks, highlighting the extension that the category of daimôn underwent in early Christian thought. The presentation focuses on Christian authors of the 2nd century, highlighting the links between them and the authors of the Second Sophistic and the representatives of Platonism at the time.
