Cosmos

Kosmos Was a concept in Greek philosophy that described roughly what we today would call the cosmos or the universe. The intricate order of things. We do not have an example of Kosmos being seen as a deity. Rather, the various gods had their duties in keeping the cosmos running. More on reddit.com

The universe is pretty consistently shown to be infinite Hesiod, Theogony 678: "The boundless sea rang terribly around, and the earth crashed loudly: wide heaven (ouranos) was shaken and groan… under the charge of the undying gods." Aristophanes, Clouds 264: "Give heed to the prayers. Oh! most mighty king, the boundless Khaos, that keepest the earth suspended in space, thou bright Aither and ye venerable goddesses, the Nephelai.” Aristophanes, Birds 685: "Firstly, black-winged Nyx laid a germless egg in the bosom of the infinite deeps of Erebos, and from this, after the revolution of long ages, sprang the graceful Eros with his glittering golden wings, swift as the whirlwinds of the tempest.” Orphica, Argonautica 12: "Firstly, ancient Khaos's stern Ananke, and Khronos, who bred within his boundless coils Aither and two-sexed, two-faced, glorious Eros, ever-born Nyx's father, whom latter men call Phanes, for he first was manifested." Nonnus, Dionysiaca 7. 7: “But Aion the maniform, holding the key of generation, spread his white shock of hair over the knees of Zeus, let fall the flowing mass of his beard in supplication, and made his prayer, bowing his head to the ground, bending his neck, straining the whole length of his back; and as he knelt, the ancient of days, the shepherd of life ever-flowing, reached out his infinite hand and spoke…” Orphic Fragment 167: “The luminous summit of immense aither and heaven, the seat of the barren sea and illustrious earth, great Ocean and deep Tartarus beneath the earth, and rivers and the limitless sea and all other, all the deathless happy Gods and Goddesses, all that existed and all that will come to be, all come about and bestrewn in the belly of Zeus.” The universe is apparently infinitely old as well. Nonnus, Dionysiaca 12. 43: "The first tablet, old as the infinite past, containing all things in one: upon it was all that Ophion lord paramount had done, all that ancient Kronos accomplished: when he cut off his father's male plowshare, and sowed the teeming deep with seed on the unsown back of the daughter begetting sea." As for the Earth itself, Hesiod seems to imply the Earth is infinite as well, though this could also just be hyperbole. Hesiod, Theogony 126: “And not vainly did they fall from his hand; for all the bloody drops that gushed forth Gaia received, and as the seasons moved round she bare the strong Erinyes and the great Gigantes with gleaming armour, holding long spears in their hands and the Nymphai whom they call Meliai all over the boundless earth." More on reddit.com

As the goddess of necessity and ... remain in the shadows, overshadowed by the more prominent Olympian gods. Ananke's origins trace back to the very essence of creation. She stands as a primordial force, often depicted alongside her consort, Chronos, who embodies the concept of time. Together, they shape the cosmos, orchestrating the unalterable course of events. Ananke's name, translated from Greek, means ... More on reddit.com

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