10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEOGONIES»
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theogonies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
theogonies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The History of Philosophy: From the Earliest Times to the ...
Of the ancient theogonies which remain, the most celebrated is that of Hesiod.49
This poem treats of the origin and descent of the gods ; or rather, under the
allegorical dress of theogony, represents the formation of the world, and the
history of ...
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The History of Philosophy, from the Earliest Periods: Drawn ...
writer seem9 to have made use of several different theogonies, and to have
blended them together with little regard to consistency. He also frequently adds,
for the sake of poetical ornament, fictions of his own, which have no relation to
the ...
William Enfield, Johann Jakob Brucker, 1837
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Bibliotheca Classica: Or, A Classical Dictionary
Whether besides this Chaotic mass, the ancient theogonies suppose an infinite,
active, intelligent Principle, who from the first matter formed the universe, is a
question which has occasioned much debate. It is evident, upon the most cursory
...
John Lemprière, Charles Anthon, 1831
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Orphism and Christianity in Late Antiquity
The ideas resulting from exegesis are so intimately linked to the events narrated
in the theogonies that they come close to being explicitly stated within them – and
, in the latter case, probably were. Allegorical interpreters, on the other hand, ...
Miguel Herrero de Jáuregui, 2010
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When the Gods Were Born: Greek Cosmogonies and the Near East
The second aspect of interest for the present study is the religious and "practical"
characteristics of the theogonies that, as we have pointed out, are more obvious
in the Orphic sources than in Hesiod. If we look at the broader picture, however, ...
Carolina López-Ruiz, 2010
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The Derveni Papyrus: Cosmology, Theology and Interpretation
actually weaken Plato's case ifTimaeus' account could have been
unambiguously identified with any ofthe known theogonies. I assume, therefore,
that it is not more than an exempli gratia theogony, which nevertheless
resembles, in varying ...
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The Gods of Ancient Greece: Identities and Transformations
We find the most important evidence for Orphic gods in the fragments of
theogonies. Damascius, a Neoplatonic philosopher (sixth century AD), gives
evidence for the existence of three distinct Orphic theogonies, although it is clear
that in his ...
Jan N. Bremmer, Andrew Erskine, 2010
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The history of philosophy: from the earliest times to the ...
theogonies which remain, the most celebrated is that of Hefiod \ This poem treats
of the origin and descent of the gods i or rather, under the allegorical dress of
theogony, represents the formation of the world, ahd the history of eminent men.
Johann Jakob Brucker, William Enfield, 1791
However, the theogony given in the OA is not parallel to any one of the six
differing Orphic theogonies known from ancient ... and archaeological
discoveries;11 it is instead a literary construct that combines elements of multiple
theogonies.
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The Rise and Fall of the Afterlife
Until 1982 we had only the evidence from later Orphic theogonies, but the
publication of the Derveni papyrus has not only given us access to what is
probably ... also provided us with hard evidence with which we can judge later
theogonies.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THEOGONIES»
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theogonies is used in the context of the following news items.
Muhammad-The Misunderstood Messenger of Mercy
"The idea of the unity of God, proclaimed amidst the exhaustion of the fabulous theogonies, was in itself such a miracle that upon it's utterance from his lips it ... «GhanaWeb, May 14»
The Dreams of Italo Calvino
... while dreaming “of composing encyclopaedic works, universal histories, theogonies, maps of the terraqueous globe and of the firmament, utopias…”—the very ... «The New York Review of Books, May 13»
An Hallucinatory Experience: R Loren On Sailors With Wax Wings
The effect is naturalistic, calling to mind thundrous walls of water, hidden subterranean gardens, lost skybound theogonies: these songs mourn the ghosts of ... «The Quietus, Nov 10»
