Definition of Euhemerist. Meaning of Euhemerist. Synonyms of Euhemerist

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Definition of Euhemerist

Euhemerist
Euhemerist Eu*hem"er*ist, n. One who advocates euhemerism.

Meaning of Euhemerist from wikipedia

- in attempt to undermine the validity of pagan gods. The usefulness of euhemerist views to early Christian apologists may be summed up in Clement of Alexandria's...
- ways. Broadly speaking there are two dominant trends. One is that of Euhemerist accounts, which re-wrote mythical stories without their fantastic elements...
- that Late Antiquity bequeathed to patristic literature. In a further euhemerist interpretation, Dikē was born a mortal and Zeus placed her on Earth to...
- as king in 752 BCE. They would then go to found Rome. Despite Livy's euhemerist and realist deflation of this myth, it is clear that the story of her...
- Hesperides with the snake coiled around it. Diodorus Siculus gives an euhemerist interpretation of Ladon, as a human shepherd guarding a flock of golden-fleeced...
- another name for Auxo) and Damia (possibly another name for Carpo). In late euhemerist interpretations, they were seen as Cretan maidens who were worshipped...
- Melissa, a Melisseus, "king of Crete"; this example of the common Christian Euhemerist interpretation of Gr**** myth as fables of humans superstitiously credited...
- obscure origin. The etymology from ken + tauros, 'piercing bull', was a euhemerist suggestion in Palaephatus' rationalizing text on Gr**** mythology, On Incredible...
- temptations. and not an endor****t of the Gr**** myth. The early Christian euhemerist interpretation of mythologized human beings received a long-lasting boost...
- explanations of the gods and heroes as physical phenomena, while the Euhemerists rationalized them as historical figures. At the same time, the Stoics...