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Meaning of sofrosina



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Danilo Enrique Noreña Benítez

sofrosina
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In Ancient Greece was the embodiment of moderation, discretion and self-control. Its equivalent in Roman mythology was Sobrietas (sobriety). Temperance.

  



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Greek divinity of mesura and temperance to face the temptations of the world, although it later included virginity and purity, so in literature and other arts he faced 931; 969; 966; 961; 959; 963; 965; 957; 951; ( Sofrosyne ) with Aphrodite. She was the daughter of Erebo (the darkness) and Nix (the night), and her daimon was locked in the box that pandora opened, but when she escaped to Olympus, she did not stay with mortals and for that reason is not a gift in us: to reach the sofrosine we must strive and fight against the hybrid.

  

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Anónimo

SOPHROSYNE: Asteroid number 134, of the series.

  

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Anónimo

SOPHROSYNE: In Greek mythology, a personification of moderation, discretion and self-control.

  










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