{"product_id":"euhemerism-and-its-uses-syrithe-pugh-9780367557010","title":"Euhemerism and Its Uses: The Mortal Gods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEuhemerism and Its Uses \u003c\/em\u003eoffers the first interdisciplinary, focussed, and all-round view of the long history of an important but understudied phenomenon in European intellectual and cultural history. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEuhemerism - 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 \u003ci\u003eSacred Inscription\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFilling 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.　\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Syrithe Pugh\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367557010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367557010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/09\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.72d","brand":"Syrithe Pugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44122829521151,"sku":"9780367557010","price":48.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e62f1358-319e-44a7-b49c-a71dbc76f2f5.jpg?v=1687427398","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/euhemerism-and-its-uses-syrithe-pugh-9780367557010","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}