Interpreted or explained a myth or legend as an exaggerated historical account (past tense of euhemerize).
The past tense form of euhemerize, using the standard -ed suffix to indicate completed action.
Once scholars euhemerized the Trojan War, they found real archaeological evidence of Troy's destruction—sometimes the legend was hiding an actual historical event!
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