02350oam 2200505I 450 991015511520332120240505170933.01-315-72587-81-317-53530-81-317-53529-410.4324/9781315725871 (CKB)4340000000024021(MiAaPQ)EBC4767479(OCoLC)965826479(EXLCZ)99434000000002402120180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierAn ancient theory of religion Euhemerism from antiquity to the present /Nickolas P. Roubekas1st ed.New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (170 pages)Routledge monographs in classical studies0-367-87190-4 1-138-84893-X Includes bibliographic references and index.Introduction: why study Euhemerism? -- Euhemerus's Euhemerism -- Before Euhemerus -- Returning to the sources -- Euhemerism and atheism -- Euhemerus, divine kingship, and irony -- Citing the citations: anti-pagan Euhemerism and identity formation -- Turning the tables: anti-Christian Euhemerism in Celsus -- Seeing "Euhemerism" everywhere -- Afterword: on the use and abuse of a theory."This book examines Euhemerism - a theory of religion developed by Euhemerus of Messene in the late 4th through early 3rd centuries BCE - tracing the history and reception of the theory in antiquity and in early Christianity, where it was adopted and reshaped for particular religious and ideological reasons. It shows how and why Euhemerism arose, how it was used, and how it significantly influenced theoretical discussions of religion from antiquity onward."--Provided by publisher.Routledge monographs in classical studies.Euhemerism from antiquity to the presentEuhemerismEuhemerism.201/.3201.3Roubekas Nickolas P(Nickolas Panayiotis),1979-,926897MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155115203321An ancient theory of religion2082259UNINA