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Euhemerus

330 BC - 250 BC

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Euhemerus (; also spelled Euemeros or Evemerus; Ancient Greek: Εὐήμερος Euhēmeros, "happy; prosperous"; late fourth century BC) was a Greek mythographer at the court of Cassander, the king of Macedon. Euhemerus' birthplace is disputed, with Messina in Sicily as the most probable location, while others suggest Chios or Tegea. The philosophy attributed to and named for Euhemerus, euhemerism, holds that many mythological tales can be attributed to historical persons and events, the accounts of which have become altered and exaggerated over time. Euhemerus's work combined elements of fiction and political utopianism. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Euhemerus is the 58th most popular historian (down from 44th in 2019), the 858th most popular biography from Italy (down from 679th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Historian.

Euhemerus was most famous for his theory that the gods were originally human beings.

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Among HISTORIANS

Among historians, Euhemerus ranks 58 out of 561. Before him are Poggio Bracciolini, Aby Warburg, Joseph Justus Scaliger, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani, Justin, and Francesco Guicciardini. After him are Ernst Gombrich, Johann Gustav Droysen, John Skylitzes, Heinrich Wölfflin, Tzvetan Todorov, and Jared Diamond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 330 BC, Euhemerus ranks 2. Before him is Cleanthes. After him is Zenodotus. Among people deceased in 250 BC, Euhemerus ranks 2. Before him is Lü Buwei. After him are King Xiaowen of Qin, Theodorus the Atheist, Hieronymus of Cardia, Nicomedes I of Bithynia, Gongsun Long, Herodas, Ariobarzanes of Pontus, Hermarchus, Lucius Cornelius Scipio, and Demetrius the Fair.

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    Cleanthes

    PHILOSOPHER

    330 BC - 232 BC

    HPI: 72.30

    Rank: 1

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    Euhemerus

    HISTORIAN

    330 BC - 250 BC

    HPI: 70.70

    Rank: 2

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    Zenodotus

    WRITER

    330 BC - 260 BC

    HPI: 68.83

    Rank: 3

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Euhemerus ranks 858 out of 5,161. Before him are Baldassare Peruzzi (1481), Pietro Metastasio (1698), Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary (1776), Vittoria Colonna (1490), Isabella d'Este (1474), and Francesco Guicciardini (1483). After him are Stefania Sandrelli (1946), Milo of Croton (-557), Sejanus (-20), Fabio Cannavaro (1973), Giuseppe Torelli (1658), and Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara (1508).

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Among HISTORIANS In Italy

Among historians born in Italy, Euhemerus ranks 8. Before him are Diodorus Siculus (-90), Suetonius (70), Leonardo Bruni (1370), Marcus Velleius Paterculus (-19), Poggio Bracciolini (1380), and Francesco Guicciardini (1483). After him are Carlo Ginzburg (1939), Timaeus (-350), Flavio Biondo (1388), Tyrannius Rufinus (345), Andrea Alciato (1492), and Peter Martyr d'Anghiera (1457).

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