Euhemerus°
EUHEMERUS°
EUHEMERUS ° (fourth century b.c.e.), writer. In his Hiera Anagraphe ("Sacred History"), Euhemerus suggested that the gods had originally been benefactors of mankind who were subsequently worshipped because of their great deeds. Josephus cites him as establishing the antiquity of the Jews (Apion, 1:216).
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