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Greek mythologist who suggested that thegods were based onheroes who, after theirdeaths , lived on in theminds ofpeople
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Examples
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Euhemeros, are a very serious matter, not because they are untrue but because the knowledge of them is inexpedient for the masses.
The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome Jesse Benedict Carter 1894
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The theory of Euhemeros, which was so fashionable a century ago, in the days of the Abbé Banier, has long since been so utterly abandoned that to refute it now is but to slay the slain.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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Of the true origin of his epic story he knew as little as Euhemeros, or Lord Bacon, or the Abbé Banier.
Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872
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The Sicilian Euhemeros (of the latter part of the fourth century
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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How far this view had been held before the time of Euhemeros is uncertain, but he gave it vogue, and it is called, after him, Euhemerism. [
Introduction to the History of Religions Handbooks on the History of Religions, Volume IV Crawford Howell Toy 1877
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