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Book: Chasing Down Religion

Chapter: The Discourse of a Myth: Diodorus Siculus and the Egyptian Theologoumena During the Hellenistic Age

DOI: 10.1558/equinox.22931

Blurb:

This Chapter deals with the idea of Euhemerus, a writer of the Hellenistic period, whose theoretical views challenge Diodorus Siculus' approach to the mythical world of Egypt and, through these ideas, the religio-political reality of that translation period.

Chapter Contributors

  • Panayotis Pachis (pachisp@otenet.gr - ppachis) 'Aristotle University'