Definition of Euhemirism

Definition of Euhemirism

Euhemerism, the theory that the gods of antiquity are merely deified men, so called from Euhemeros, the Greek who first propounded the theory, and who lived 316 B.C.

- Wikipedia

Eu*hem"er*ism (?) n. [L. Euhemerus, Gr. &?; a philosopher, about 300 &?;.] The theory, held by Euhemerus, that the gods of mythology were but deified mortals, and their deeds only the amplification in imagination of human acts.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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