Editing Henotheism (section)

==Hellenistic religion==
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While [[Greek mythology|Greek]] and [[Roman mythology|Roman]] religion began as [[polytheism]], during the [[Classical antiquity|Classical]] period, under the influence of philosophy, differing conceptions emerged. Often [[Zeus]] (or [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]]) was considered the supreme, all-powerful and all-knowing king and father of the Olympian gods. According to [[Maijastina Kahlos]], "monotheism was pervasive in the educated circles in Late Antiquity" and "all divinities were interpreted as aspects, particles or epithets of one supreme God".<ref name=maij>{{cite book |first=Maijastina |last=Kahlos |year=2007 |title=Debate and Dialogue: Christian and pagan cultures {{circa|360–430}} |publisher=Ashgate Publishing}}</ref>{{rp|style=ama|pp= 145, 160}} [[Maximus Tyrius]] (2nd century CE) stated: "In such a mighty contest, sedition and discord, you will see one according law and assertion in all the earth, that there is one God, the king and father of all things, and many gods, sons of God, ruling together with him."<ref>{{cite book |first=Maximus |last=Tyrius |author-link=Maximus Tyrius |editor-first=Thomas |editor-last=Taylor |year=1804 |chapter=Dissertation&nbsp;I. What God is according to Plato |title=The Dissertations of Maximus Tyrius |page=5}}</ref> The [[Neoplatonic]] philosopher [[Plotinus]] taught that above the gods of traditional belief was "The One".<ref name=maij/>{{rp|style=ama|pp= 145, 160}} Maximus, the polytheist grammarian of [[Madauros]],<ref name=maij/>{{rp|style=ama|pp= 70}} even stated that "only a madman would deny the existence of the supreme God".<ref name=maij/>{{rp|style=ama|pp= 145, 160}}