Euemerus
Americannoun
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Those who, like Euemerus and Ephorus, had the courage to dissent from their legends, were deemed atheists and apostates, and treated accordingly.
From A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume I. by Bryant, Jacob
It is impossible to believe that the Euemerism in which he indulges, and which was evidently the motive of his work, sprang from the brain of Sanchoniathon nine hundred years before Euemerus existed.
From History of Phoenicia by Rawlinson, George
It does not at all follow, as Euemerus and Mr. Herbert Spencer might argue, that the god was once a real living medicine-man.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew
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