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Article: Euhemerus
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Euhemerus,
of Messene, perhaps wrote while in the service of
Cassander
(311–298 BC), but was perhaps active as late as 280 BC. He wrote a novel of travel which was influential in the Hellenistic world. The substance of the novel is known from fragments, especially in
Diodorus Siculus
, see below, and from an epitome by
Eusebius
. Euhemerus described an imaginary voyage to a group of islands in the uncharted waters of the Indian Ocean and the way of life on its chief island, Panchaea. The central monument of the island, a golden column on which the deeds of Uranus, Cronus, and Zeus were recorded, gave the novel its title
Hiera anagraphē
, ‘Sacred Scripture’. From ...
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