Kosmos
idea · 2 works · 8 mentions · 9 anchored passages
kosmos · proper order · construction · due order · good order · sense of decency · sense of order · universal order
in the texts
Iliad
The Greek concept of order or arrangement, explicitly glossed as 'kosmos' in describing the disposition of horses and chariots before battle.
Every man now left his horses in charge of his charioteer to hold them in proper order [ kosmos] by the trench, while he went into battle on foot clad in full armor, and a mighty uproar rose on high into the dawning.
If I see anyone acting apart and helping either Trojans or Danaans, he shall be beaten beyond the limits of universal order [ kosmos] ere he come back again to Olympus;
With this Achilles sprang from his seat and killed a sheep of silvery whiteness, which his followers skinned and made ready all in due order [ kosmos].
Odyssey
The Greek concept of order or right arrangement, applied both to the structure of Demodokos's song and to the building of the wooden horse.
You must have studied under the Muse, Zeus’ daughter, and under Apollo, - with such a sense of order [ kosmos] do you sing the return of the Achaeans with all their sufferings and adventures.
"The sons of Atreus called a meeting which was not according to kosmos, for it was sunset and the Achaeans were heavy with wine.
To this you answered, O swineherd Eumaios, "Poor unhappy stranger, I have found the story of your misfortunes extremely interesting, but that part about Odysseus is not right [ kosmos];