The "Sacred history" of Euhemerus of Messene / Marek Winiarczyk ; translated from Polish by Witold Zbirohowski-Kościa
- Author
- Winiarczyk, Marek
- Uniform Title
- Euhemer z Messeny. English
- Additional Titles
- Sacred history of Euhemerus of Messene
- Published
- Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]
- Physical Description
- xvii, 276 pages ; 24 cm.
- Additional Creators
- Winiarczyk, Marek and Zbirohowski-Kościa, Witold
- Series
- Language Note
- Earlier version published in German; extended version first published in Polish with title: Euhemer z Messeny : życie i dzieło Święta Historia, now translated into English.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1.Dating Euhemerus -- 2.Place of birth -- 3.Place of activity -- 4.Euhemerus in ancient tradition -- A.Geographer -- B.Historian -- C.Atheist Philosopher -- D.Poet -- 1.The state of preservation of the work -- 2.Interpretation of the title -- 3.When the work was written -- 4.Literary form -- A.Ideal island -- B.Locus amoenus -- C.Utopian novel -- 5.Applied method -- 1.The reliability of Diodorus' account of the theologia dipertita in Euhemerus 'Iepsilonρα 'Aναγραφη -- 2.Sources regarding Euhemerus' theological views -- A.Old Greek concepts -- a.The hero cult -- b.Gods as the founders of cults -- c.The tombs of the gods -- B.Euergetism -- C.Rationalistic interpretation of myths -- D.The Sophistic movement -- E.The origins of the commander and ruler cult in the 5th and 4th centuries BC -- a.Lysander, Spartan commander (d. 395 r.) -- b.Dionysius I, tyrant of Syracuse (405-367) -- c.Dion of Syracuse -- d.Clearchus, tyrant of Heraclea Pontica (364/363-353/352) -- e.Nicagoras, tyrant of Zeleia (to 334) -- f.Philip II, king of Macedonia (359-336) -- g.Alexander III the Great (336-323) -- h.Summary -- F.The ruler cult at the start of the Hellenistic period (up to 270) -- a.The Antigonids -- b.The Lagids -- c.The Seleucids -- d.Summary -- G.Hecataeus of Abdera -- H.Leon of Pella -- I.Summary -- 1.The island of Hiera -- 2.The island of Panchaea -- 3.Why Hiera should not be identified as Panchaea -- 4.The 'sources' of the socio-economic description -- 5.Summary -- 1.The temple and temenos -- 2.The stele in the temple -- A.The account on the stele -- B.'Iepsilonρomicronfinalsigma λomicronγomicronfinalsigma on the stele -- 3.The priests of Zeus Triphylius -- 4.Summary -- 1.Destruction of belief in the Olympian gods -- 2.Satire on the ruler cult -- 3.A justification or promotion of the ruler cult -- 4.A description of an ideal state system -- 5.An explanation of the origins of belief in gods -- 6.Promoting the idea of unity and brotherhood of all people -- 7.Reinterpretation of Greek mythology -- 8.Summary -- 1.The history of its genesis -- A.Scipio Africanus -- B.Ennius' Scipio -- C.Dating Ennius' Euhemerus -- 2.The translation title -- 3.The translation form -- 4.A close translation or free version? -- 5.Ennius' translation in the works of Latin authors -- 6.Summary -- 1.Pagan literature -- A.Euhemerus and Euhemerism -- B.Euhemerism and the ruler cult -- C.Euhemerism in mythological novels -- a.Dionysius Scytobrachion -- b.Dinarchus of Delos -- c.The 'Phrygian Literature' -- D.Stoic Euhemerism -- E.Euhemerism in historiography -- a.Leon of Pella -- b.Mnaseas of Patara in Lycia -- c.Nicagoras of Cyprus -- d.Polybius -- e.Apollodorus of Athens -- f.Castor of Rhodes -- g.Diodorus Siculus -- h.Thallus -- i.Philo of Byblos -- j.Sisyphus of Cos -- F.Latin Euhemerists -- G.Index deorum cognominum -- H.Pseudo-Euhemerists -- a.Diagoras of Melos -- b.Palaephatus -- c.Megasthenes -- d.Philochorus of Athens -- e.Res gestae Divi Augusti -- f.Lucian of Samosata -- 2.Patristic literature -- A.Rejection of Euhemerism -- B.Acceptance of Euhemerism -- C.Summary and medieval Euhemerism -- 3.Jewish literature -- A.Eupolemus -- B.Pseudo-Eupolemus -- C.Artapanus -- D.Theodotus -- E.The Sibylline Oracles -- F.Summary -- 1.Editions -- A.Editions of fragments from Euhemerus' work -- a.Greek and Latin testimonia -- b.Latin testimonia -- B.Editions of authors cited in this book -- 2.Secondary works -- 1.Indexes of names -- 2.Index of geographical and ethnic names -- 3.Index of subjects -- 4.Greek and Latin words and expressions -- A.Greek words and expressions -- B.Latin expressions.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9783110278880 (hardcover : alk. paper)
311027888X (hardcover : alk. paper) - Related Titles
- Euhemeros von Messene
- Note
- An extension and elaboration of the author's Euhemeros von Messene : Leben, Werk und Nachwirkung, first published in German in 2002--Preface (page viii).
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-245) and indexes.
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