Concerning the powers as such there is little in the Greek apologists, although some passages in Justin require attention. On the demons, however, there is abundant material. Consciously writing for the pagan world, these apologists had to give careful thought to the religious assumptions of that world in order to present their own faith. They focused this difference primarily in the idolatry of the pagan, and it is this that makes the apologists fundamentally different from their Christian predecessors. They show every sign of being aware of the Judaeo-Christian explanation of idols in terms of demons. However, their apology is primarily aimed at the pagan world of which δειϭιδαιμονία was a general characteristic. In order to encounter this word, they take the Greek sense of δαίμων to themselves. This is part of their positive approach to the Greek world as a basis upon which they can develop their Christian argument. Justin's evaluation of Socrates (1 Apol. 5.3) is another example of this approach. They then, however, have to deal with idolatry and demons, and they are thus led to a position similar to that which they found in the Judaeo-Christian tradition. The fact that they reach the same end point, however, should not obscure the other fact that they reach it by arguing de novo about genuine Greek assumptions about demons. They do not simply impose a Judaeo-Christian solution.