Daimon

A daimon was good or malevolent "supernatural beings between mortals and gods, such as inferior divinities and ghosts of dead heroes".

Sokrates claimed to have a daimon that warned him against mistakes but never told him what to do or coerced him into following it. He claimed that his daimon exhibited greater accuracy than any of the forms of divination practised at the time. Sokrates believed his daimon encouraged him to join Alkibiades' expedition to Sicily. Alkibiades subsequent takeover of Athens left Sokrates doubting his daimon.