Original sentence: Additionally, Cicero's essay De natura deorum ("On the nature of the gods") contains some euhemerist views.Cyprian begins:.Euhemerus asserted that the gods had been originally heroes and conquerors, who had thus earned a claim to the veneration of their subjects.He is chiefly known for a rationalizing method of interpretation, known as Euhemerism, that treats mythological accounts as a reflection of actual historical events shaped by retelling and traditional mores.It is said that Euhemerus was a firm upholder of the Cyrenaic philosophy, and by many ancient writers he was regarded as an atheist: his work was translated by Ennius into Latin, but both works are now lost.The early Christian apologists deployed the euhemerist argument to support their position that pagan mythology was merely an aggregate of fables of human invention
Edited sentence: Among the Romans the gradual deification of ancestors and the apotheosis of emperors were prominent features of cult.Cicero's essay De natura deorum ("On the nature of the gods") expounds some euhemerist views.Cyprian begins.Euhemerus and his Christian admirers asserted that the gods had been originally heroes and conquerors, who had thus earned a claim to the veneration of their subjects.Euhemerus was a firm upholder of the Cyrenaic philosophy the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica asserted, and by many ancient writers he was regarded as an atheist: his work was certainly translated by Ennius into Latin, but was lost.He is chiefly known by reputation.The 20th century poet and mythographer Robert Graves offered many such "euhemerist" interpretations in his telling of The Greek Myths.The early Christians especially appealed to euhemerism as a confirmation of their belief that pagan mythology was merely an aggregate of fables of human invention.There is no doubt that this island is imaginary: compare the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.This rationalizing method of interpretation, known as Euhemerism, then, treats myth as a traditional account of actual historical events