The way I understood the myth is that history tends to distill what were at the time collective achievements, and gradually ascribe them to one or two deified f

The way I understood the myth is that history tends to distill what were at the time collective achievements, and gradually ascribe them to one or two deified figureheads. It's not to say that those individuals were not geniuses, simply that as time passes, the context surrounding their discovery is naturally lost and then mysticized as some singular "eureka" moment instead of the more likely and relatable long progression of constructive concepts.