Asclepigenia appears in the biographical and scholastic tradition of late antique Athens as a member of the household and intellectual lineage of Plutarch of Athens, who is identified in the sources as her father and as the founder of the New Academy in Athens. Flourishing in the mid‑fifth century AD, she and her brother Hierius are described as having studied the doctrines of Plato and Aristotle under their father; this situates her within the familial and institutional networks that transmitted Neoplatonic philosophy and associated theurgical practice in that period. Later writers, on the authority of Marinus' Life of Proclus as summarized in modern reference works, record that Proclus studied theurgy with her, placing her within the pedagogical succession that connects Plutarch to Proclus. The sources record her death as occurring in 485 AD.
No contemporary physical description of Asclepigenia is preserved in the provided sources. The surviving references identify her by name and role within the Athenian school but do not supply details of dress, iconography, age, or other visual markers; therefore no assertions about her appearance beyond what is explicitly attested are made in the sources.
The attested roles for Asclepigenia in the cited material are intellectual and pedagogical rather than supernatural. She is documented as a student of Platonic and Aristotelian doctrines under her father, a teacher and transmitter within the Athenian Neoplatonic school, and—according to later biographical tradition summarized from Marinus' Life of Proclus—as someone who instructed Proclus in theurgy. The sources do not preserve any surviving writings securely attributed to her, nor do they provide procedural details of theurgical rites or other esoteric techniques; the label 'mystic' in reference summaries indicates involvement in the religious or theurgical practices common to her milieu but without specification in the cited material.
*Péh₂usōn (reconstructed)
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57 Mnemosyne
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Aamon
Aamon (also Amon) is a named spirit in early modern Western grimoire tradition (Pseudomonarchia Daemonum; the Ars Goetia / Lesser Key of Solomon). He is presented as a high-ranking infernal officer (Marquis/Prince) who governs forty legions and is credited with knowledge of past and future and with affecting human relationships (reconciling or procuring feuds and favor).
Aba (disambiguation / name-form)
Aba is a polyvalent name-form attested across many unrelated contexts (place names, personal names, animal names, and brief mythological listings). The provided sources do not support a single, coherent supernatural entity called "Aba" and offer no descriptive or ritual material for such a being.
Abarbarea
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Abas
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Abderus
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Abomination of Desolation
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Abrahel
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Abraxas
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Absyrtus
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Acacallis
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