The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene:
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Main Author: Winiarczyk, Marek 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin De Gruyter 2013
Series:Beiträge zur Altertumskunde
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294880
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294880
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110294880
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Item Description:Biographical note: Marek Winiarczyk, University of Wroclaw, Poland
Main description: The book is a first comprehensive study of the life and work of Euhemerus of Messene. Winiarczyk takes into consideration all scholarly works since the first half of the 19th century to the present day. Euhemerus' utopian novel Sacred history describes the travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean. According to Euhemerus,in the temple of Zeus Triphylius there was a stele which presented the Olympian gods as deified kings. Winiarczyk's book studies the sources of the theological views and of the description of the Panchaian society. The book will be for many decades the most authoritative monograph on Euhemerus
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (XII, 324 S.)
ISBN:9783110294880
9783110294897
DOI:10.1515/9783110294880