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Euhemerus Was a Friend of Cassander, First King of
Macedonia after the Death of Alexander the Great. |
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He
Believed that Mythological Stories Were
Really Muddled History in Disguise. |
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Gods
and Goddesses Worshiped by the Various Religions Were Originally Living
People, Deified Because of Some Great Feat or Virtue, or Perhaps Because
of the Great Power They Had Possessed When Alive. |
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Early
Christians Liked Euhemerus's Ideas, Which Had Become Known as
Euhemerism. Christians Could Delete the Supernatural Elements of
"Heathen" Greek Myths, Without Having to Do Away with the Myths
Altogether. |
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The
Views of Euhemerus Have Come Down to Us in
the Writings of Diodorus of Sicily (1st Century B.C.) in His Work The
Library of History. |
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Euhemerus Wrote His Own Book Entitled
Sacred History ("Hiera Anagraphê")
Which Has Now Been Lost. |
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