This is a comprehensive study of the life and work of Euhemerus. According to Euhemerus, in the temple of Zeus Triphylius there was a stele which presented the Olympian gods as deified kings. The book will be for many decades the most authoritative monograph on Euhemerus.
Diagoras of Melos (lyric poet, 5th c BC) has received special attention for some time now because he was regarded as a radical atheist... Læs mere