2 example sentences using theogony.
Theogony used in a sentence
Theogony in a sentence as a noun
What is theogony? Oh, thou too, mortal man!
The author uses the words "theogony," "cosmogony" and "philanthropy" because these are all high-minded topics whose aims in practice are to explain and justify things as they are; Byron is ironically suggesting that morality in this world is confined to academic discourse, without any application in real life, where things remain dog-eat-dog.
Theogony definitions
noun
the study of the origins and genealogy of the gods