The meaning of homophrosyne
Will writes:
I'm wondering about the definition
of "homophrosyne". I believe it appears in The Odyssey re: the strength of O.
& P.'s marital bond. Thanks for your time and energy.
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Homophrosyne comes from the words homo (similar,
common, same) and phrosyne (belief, way of thinking), a word that comes from
the verb phronein and is used only in composites (homo-phrosyne, so-phrosyne,
a-phrosyne, para-phrosyne, etc). Homophrosyne means a thinking and knowledge
that is shared between two or more people, in our case (in Odyssey) the common
life in a Greek family (notice the use of the word in Od. z 181 : "man and
home and all the good of homophrosyne", where a home is not just the living
together but sharing a common truth).
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Related:
•
Homer Resources
•
The Greek Word - Three
Millennia of Greek Literature
•
Some Important Greek Words
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