CHAOS  , in the Hesiodic theogony, the See also:

• INFINITE (from Lat. in, not, finis, end or limit; cf. findere, to deave)

infinite empty space, which existed before all things (Theog . 116, 123) . It is not, however, a See also:

• MERE
• MERE, ADALBERT (1838-1909)

mere See also:

• ABSTRACTION (Lat. abs and trahere)

abstraction, being filled with clouds and darkness; from it proceed See also:

• EREBUS

Erebus and Nyx (See also:

• NIGHT

Night), whose See also:

• CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children are See also:

• AETHER, or ETHER (Gr. deli p, probably from caeca, I burn, though Plato in his Cratylus (410 B)

Aether (upper See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air) and Hemera (See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

Day) . In the Orphic See also:

• COSMOGONY (from Gr. K6Qµos, world and yiyvevGay to be born)

cosmogony the origin of all goes back to Chronos, the personification of See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time, who produces Aether and Chaos . In the Aristophanic See also:

• PARODY (Gr. s-apybia, literally a song sung beside, a comic parallel)

parody (Birds, 691) the winged See also:

• EROS

Eros in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with gloomy Chaos brings forth the See also:

• RACE

race of birds . The later See also:

• ROMAN

Roman conception (See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. i . 7) makes Chaos the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original undigested, amorphous See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass, into which the architect of the See also:

• WORLD

world introduces See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order and See also:

• HARMONY (Gr. dpµovia, a concord of musical sounds, dpA'ew to join; &plan midi (sc. TeXvil)

harmony, and from which individual forms are created . In the created world (cosmos, order of the universe) the word has various meanings:—the universe; the space between See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven and See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth; the under-world and its ruler . Metaphorically it is used for the immeasurable darkness, eternity, and the infinite generally . In See also:

• MODERN

modern usage " chaos denotes a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state of disorder and confusion .