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theogonic, a.|θiːəʊˈgɒnɪk| [f. as theogonist + -ic.] Of or pertaining to theogony; of the nature of theogony. So theoˈgonical a.
1840tr. C. O. Müller's Hist. Lit. Greece xvi. §4. 234 They show that by this time the character of the *theogonic poetry had been changed, and that Orphic ideas were in vogue. 1846Grote Greece i. xvi. I. 493 The acts described in the old heroic and theogonic legends. 1880Gladstone in 19th Cent. Apr. 720 The probable forms of theogonic and anthropomorphic evolution.
1702Lives of Anc. Philosophers p. xxvi, A Magus..was imploy'd to sing a *theogonical hymn, as a powerful enchantment. 1854Milman Lat. Chr. (1863) II. 30 To reconcile the doctrines of the Gospel with the theogonical system of Asia. |