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Definition of Theomachies
1. theomachy [n] - See also: theomachy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Theomachies
Literary usage of Theomachies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1885)
"... and he portrays their single combats, saying that the theomachies of the
Fathers are like the battles between quails ;6 or that the Fathers, ..."
2. The Cults of the Greek States by Lewis Richard Farnell (1896)
"... the Attic legend of the rivalry of Poseidon and Athena, and many other similar
theomachies, probably all contain the same kernel of historical fact, ..."
3. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology by Cornell University (1906)
"As has been set forth by Mr. Farnell", the rivalry of Poseidon and Athena in
Attica for the possession of the land, and many similar theomachies contain an ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1852)
"... and theomachies, the marvellous stories of the gods, are allegories. The rites
and sacrifices, the temples and altars and sacred vestments arc all so ..."
5. Erichthonius and the Three Daughters of Cecrops by Benjamin Powell (1906)
"... similar theomachies contain an historical fact, an actual conflict of worships.
Athena was the older divinity in ..."
6. Erichthonius and the Three Daughters of Cecrops by Benjamin Powell (1906)
"As has been set forth by Mr. Farnell*, the rivalry of Poseidon and Athena in
Attica for the possession of the land, and many similar theomachies contain an ..."
7. Erichthonius and the Three Daughters of Cecrops by Benjamin Powell (1906)
"As has been set forth by Mr. Farnell", the rivalry of Poseidon and Athena in
Attica for the possession of the land, and many similar theomachies contain an ..."
8. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe, Allan Menzies, Ernest Cushing Richardson, Bernhard Pick (1885)
"... one the son of the Creator,* and the other the son of Marcion's God ; and he
portrays their single combats, saying that the theomachies of the Fathers ..."
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