TY  - GEN
TY  - GEN
T1  - Euhemerism and its uses : the mortal gods
T2  - Routledge studies in Renaissance and early modern worlds of knowledge
A2  - Pugh, Syrithe
LA  - eng
PP  - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY
PB  - Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
YR  - 2021
UL  - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5656383
AB  - "Euhemerism and Its Uses is an inter-disciplinary volume, bringing together experts on classical, mediaeval and Renaissance literature, theory of myth and religious studies to give the first focussed and all-round view of the phenomenon across the long history of its evolution. Euhemerism--the claim that the Greek gods were historically mortal men and women--originated in the early third century BCE, in an enigmatic and now fragmentary text by the otherwise unknown author, Euhemeros. This work, the Sacred Inscription, has been read variously as a theory of religion, an atheist's manifesto, as justifying or satirizing ruler-worship, as a fantasy travel-narrative, and as an early 'utopia'. Influencing Hellenistic and Roman literature and religious and political thought, and appropriated by early Christians to debunk polytheism while simultaneously justifying the continued study of classical literature, euhemerism was widespread in the middle ages and Renaissance, and its reverberations continue to be felt in modern myth-theory. Yet, though frequently invoked as a powerful and pervasive tradition across several disciplines, it is still under-examined and poorly understood. Filling an important gap in the history of ideas, this volume will appeal to scholars and students of classical reception, mediaeval and Renaissance literature, historiography, and theories of myth and religion"--
SN  - 9780367556990
SN  - 0367556995 kovakantinen
KW  - Mytologi
KW  - Religion
KW  - Euhemerism.
KW  - Mythology.
KW  - Religion.
KW  - Mythology
ER  -