Description: Further DetailsTitle: The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of MesseneCondition: NewISBN-10: 311027888XEAN: 9783110278880ISBN: 9783110278880Publisher: De GruyterFormat: HardbackRelease Date: 04/17/2013Description: In his utopian novel Hiera Anagraphe (Sacred History) Euhemerus of Messene (ca. 300 B.C.) describes his travel to the island Panchaia in the Indian Ocean where he discovered an inscribed stele in the temple of Zeus Triphylius. It turned out that the Olympian gods (Uranos, Kronos, Zeus) were deified kings. The travels of Zeus allowed to describe peoples and places all over the world. Winiarczyk investigates the sources of the theological views of Euhemerus. He proves that Euhemerus’ religious views were rooted in old Greek tradition (the worship of heroes, gods as founders of their own cult, tombs of gods, euergetism, rationalistic interpretation of myths, the explanations of the origin of religion by the sophists, the ruler cult). The description of the Panchaian society is intended to suggest an archaic and closed culture, in which the stele recording res gestae of the deified kings might have been preserved. The translation of Ennius’ Euhemerus sive Sacra historia (ca. 200 - ca. 194) is a free prose rendering, which Lactantius knew only indirectly. The book is concluded by a short history of Euhemerism in the pagan, Christian and Jewish literature. Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: DEItem Height: 230mmItem Length: 155mmItem Weight: 552gAuthor: Marek WiniarczykGenre: Literary CriticismTopic: Philosophy & SpiritualityBook Series: Beitrage zur AltertumskundeRelease Year: 2013 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene
Title: The "Sacred History" of Euhemerus of Messene
ISBN-10: 311027888X
EAN: 9783110278880
ISBN: 9783110278880
Release Date: 04/17/2013
Release Year: 2013
Country/Region of Manufacture: DE
Item Height: 230mm
Genre: Literary Criticism
Topic: Philosophy & Spirituality
Number of Pages: 293 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Sacred History of Euhemerus of Messene
Publisher: DE Gruyter Gmbh, Walter
Subject: Ancient / General, Ancient / Greece, Folklore & Mythology, Ancient & Classical
Publication Year: 2013
Item Weight: 19.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Marek Winiarczyk
Subject Area: Literary Criticism, Social Science, History
Series: Beiträge Zur Altertumskunde Ser.
Item Width: 6.1 in
Format: Hardcover
