Euhēmeros (English spelling)

Japanese: Euhēmeros(英語表記)Euhemeros
Euhēmeros (English spelling)

…It was the beginning of allegorical interpretation. Euhemerism, another influential rational interpretation of myths, also originates from the Hellenistic Greek Euhemeros. Euhemerism, which holds that gods were originally merely people who had achieved great deeds, became a convenient weapon for later Christian church fathers to denigrate pagan gods. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Euhēmeros" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…寓意的解釈の濫觴(らんしよう)であった。今一つの有力な神話の合理的解釈であるエウヘメリズムeuhemerismもヘレニズム時代のギリシア人エウヘメロスEuhēmerosに由来する。神々といっても,もとは有力な事績を残した人物にすぎなかったとするこのエウヘメリズムは,後のキリスト教教父たちが異教の神々をおとしめるかっこうの武器となったものであった。…

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