Azone/ˈeɪzoʊn/ (Greek:Άζωνοι) is a term inmythology anciently applied togods andgoddesses that were not the private divinities of any particular country or people. Azones were acknowledged as deities in every country, and worshipped in every nation.[1] The word is etymologically derived fromGreek for "without" and "country". The azones were to a degree above the visible and sensible deities, which were calledzonei (Greek:Ζωναίοι), who inhabited some particular part of the world, and never stirred out of the district or zone that was assigned them.
The Greek philosopherDamascius discusses the azones in his commentary on Plato'sParmenides.[2]
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