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Definition of Demigods
1. demigod [n] - See also: demigod
Lexicographical Neighbors of Demigods
Literary usage of Demigods
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bhagavad-Gita as It is by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1989)
"Men of small intelligence worship the demigods, and their fruits are limited and
... Those who worship the demigods go to the planets of the demigods, ..."
2. The Pantheon: Or, Ancient History of the Gods of Greece and Rome. For the by William Godwin (1814)
"OF demigods. Recapitulation.—Origin of the demigods.—Inachus.— lo changed into
a Heifer—and watched by Argus with a Hundred Eyes.—Phaeton—falls from the ..."
3. The Classic Myths in English Literature: Based Chiefly on Bulfinch's "Age of by Charles Mills Gayley, Thomas Bulfinch (1893)
"The demigods and Heroes. — As preceding the Age of Iron, Hesiod mentions an Age of
... Since, however, these demigods and heroes were, many of them, ..."
4. The Lusiad: Or, The Discovery of India: an Epic Poem by Luís de Camões, William Julius Mickle (1809)
"... Though by the Muse as demigods adored. O thou whose breast all Helicon inflamed,
Whose birth seven vaunting cities proudly claim'd; And thou whose ..."
5. Bismarck, the Man & the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck, Arthur John Butler (1899)
"... lasted throughout the French war; fostered not indeed by Moltke and Roon, but
by the ' demigods,' as the higher staff officers were then called. ..."
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