continuity. The Greek verb from which the term originally came literally means to ‘throw together’, perhaps not especially illuminating in itself, but the noun sumbolon is more suggestive. It was used to indicate the other half of a broken piece of coin or pottery which functioned as a token whereby a guest or ally could reclaim the rights of friendship or hospitality when the two participants next met. As such, in the ancient world it suggested rather more than it would for us today, inasmuch as it not only indicated something shared but also such sharing even in a context of apparent
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Symbols - originally from the Greek also something shared between two people - a physical token that could bind people together.
