Issue #51

Abstract: The question of world order is important in all ages. For some, the world appears full of joy and happiness; for others, it is terrible, unjust, and sorrowful. We are surrounded by different, constantly changing worlds. People change their views when their world changes, states change flags and anthems with regime changes, old world orders are replaced by new ones through wars and exactly the same processes occurred in Ancient Greece. Thus, the familiar ancient order of Greece — κόσμος (cosmos) — suddenly became an object of criticism for future generations of Greek philosophers. This work is devoted to analyzing the structure and origin of the ancient Greek world order — κόσμος — in its context based on the ancient Greek poems of Hesiod and Homer, as well as to an etymological, lexical, and philological analysis of the Russian word “космос” (cosmos) and the Greek “κόσμος.” The role of Chaos in the arrangement of the cosmos in the poem “Theogony” is also examined, along with an etymological and historical analysis of the Russian word “хаос” (chaos) and the Greek “χάος” (chaos).