KOSMOS THE ORDERED WORLD
Chaos and Cosmos are two excellent examples of ancient Greek words that have changed meanings over the centuries in both Greek and English usage.
We think of Chaos and Order as being opposites but its more that one comes forth from the other.
Κόσμος has several meaning Order Good order and hence government also mode or fashion and ornamament or decoration and world or universe.
While when we hear the words Cosmos and cosmic we think often of outer space to a Greek κοσμικός meant earthly or worldly.
Cosmos is reality arranged or ordered into beauty.
Note these related verbs κομέω and κομάω the first meaning to take care of or tend and the second to wear or arrange long hair on a human or a horse. In the preclassical period both men and women especially aristocrats arranged their long hair into elaborate curls and plaits and braids and mixture of both.
Chaos the great opening or space (see my previous post) becomes an ordered place the Cosmos.
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