God of flies, supposed to ward off flies from his votaries. One
of the gods of the Philistines. (See Achor .) The Greeks had a
similar deity, Zeus Apomyios. The Jews, by way of reproach,
changed Beelzebub into Baal Zeboub (q.v.), and placed him among the
dæmons. Milton says he was next in rank to Satan, and stood
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