Category: Language
Efroni (Εὐφρόνη)
The word means good time and constitutes euphemism for the night. Thus, in Hesiod we read μακραὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐπίρροθοι εὐφρόναι εἰσί. That is, the nights are long and allies. Hesiod sees in the long nights a helper and protector. Darkness provides its own security. And Proclus adds that the…
Efroni (Εὐφρόνη)
The word means good time and constitutes euphemism for the night. Thus, in Hesiod we read μακραὶ γὰρ καὶ ἐπίρροθοι εὐφρόναι εἰσί. That is, the nights are long and allies. Hesiod sees in the long nights a helper and protector. Darkness provides its own security. And Proclus adds that the…