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What the ancients understood the Genii original: "Genii"; in this context, the term refers to guardian spirits or personal daemons believed by the Greeks and Romans to accompany and guide a person through life., who are said to attend to men, to be, regarding their nature and roles original: "offices.".
Concerning the Genii that are attributed original: "ascribed." to Socrates, Aristotle, Plotinus, Porphyry original: "Porphyrius.", Iamblichus original: "Jamblicus.", Cecco d'Ascoli original: "Chicus," referring to the 13th-century Italian polymath., Scaliger, and Cardan.