Dike
conceptDike was both a goddess and the concept of justice — not human legislation but the cosmic order that governs right and wrong.
The Myth
Daughter of Zeus and Themis, Dike sat beside her father on Olympus and reported the wrongdoing of mortals. Hesiod warned that when judges gave crooked verdicts, Dike wept before Zeus and brought famine and plague upon the unjust city. She was closely related to Themis (divine law) and Eunomia (good order). In the constellation Virgo, she is sometimes identified as the last immortal to leave the earth at the end of the Golden Age, when human wickedness became too great to bear.
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Fun Fact
The constellation Virgo is sometimes identified as Dike — the last divine figure to abandon humanity, retreating to the stars when justice failed on earth.
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Eunomia
godEunomia was the goddess of good order, lawfulness, and civil governance — one of the Horae...
Olympus
placeThe highest mountain in Greece and the mythological home of the twelve Olympian gods. Olympus was...
Themis
titanThemis was the Titaness of divine law and natural order — the figure behind Lady Justice.
Zeus
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Aegis
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Aidos
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