CLAS 160D2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Euhemerism, Euhemerus, Animal Sacrifice
30 Nov 2016
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Socrates found guilty of refusing to recognize the gods of the state. Homer removed from curriculum of plato"s academy bc political backlash. Born in colophon in ionia in the 6th century, lived in sicily. Mortals made their gods and furnished them with their own body, voice and garments. Ethiopian gods have dark skin and flat noses. Thracians say their gods have red hair and hazel eyes. George washington statue that makes him look like zeus. Muths were redefined in terms of popular arts. Poetry of callimachus and apollonius of rhodes, influenced the ovid. Based on the sacred scripture by euhemerus (300 bce) the gods were once kings who did great things. Christian writers used this to show the folly of paganism. But it also contributed to the survival of the stories. Men such as eratosthenes, apollodorus, parthenius, and hyginus. The stars influence our lives the way ancient gods did. Lucretius, de rerum natura: myths are allegories.
