330–260 BCE) published his view that the gods were only the deified rulers, conquerors, and founders of the past, and that their cults and religions were in essence the continuation of vanished kingdoms and earlier political structures.
Euhemeros (330–260 fvt) forfægtede det synspunkt at guderne kun var guddommeliggjorte herskere, erobrere og grundlæggere af fortiden, og at deres kulter og religioner i essensen var fortsættelsen af forsvundne kongedømmer, og tidligere politiske strukturer.