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Theogony <ref name="term_63242" /> | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_184900" /> == | ||
<p> ( | <p> (n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the [[Theogony]] of Hesiod. </p> | ||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_63242" /> == | |||
<p> ( '''''Θεογονία''''' ) '','' the name given in ancient [[Greece]] to a class of poems recounting the ''Genealogy Of The Gods.'' Musaeus is said to have written the earliest Theogony; but his work, as well as the theogonies of [[Orpheus]] (q.v.) and others, have perished; that of [[Hesiod]] being the only one that has come down to us. This has been translated by [[Thomas]] Cook (Lond. 1728, 2 vols. 4to). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_184900"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/theogony Theogony from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_63242"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/theogony Theogony from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_63242"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/theogony Theogony from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n.) The generation or genealogy of the gods; that branch of heathen theology which deals with the origin and descent of the deities; also, a poem treating of such genealogies; as, the Theogony of Hesiod.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
( Θεογονία ) , the name given in ancient Greece to a class of poems recounting the Genealogy Of The Gods. Musaeus is said to have written the earliest Theogony; but his work, as well as the theogonies of Orpheus (q.v.) and others, have perished; that of Hesiod being the only one that has come down to us. This has been translated by Thomas Cook (Lond. 1728, 2 vols. 4to).
