Difference between revisions of "Euhemerism"
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== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72889" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_72889" /> == | ||
<p> The theory that the gods of antiquity are merely deified men, so called from Euhemeros, the Greek who first propounded the theory, and who lived 316 | <p> The theory that the gods of antiquity are merely deified men, so called from Euhemeros, the Greek who first propounded the theory, and who lived 316 B.C. </p> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:19, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
The theory that the gods of antiquity are merely deified men, so called from Euhemeros, the Greek who first propounded the theory, and who lived 316 B.C.
