Dike (goddess)

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Dike (goddess) is the Greek personification of justice and moral order, often depicted as a guardian of human righteousness and fairness under Zeus’s authority.

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Dike (goddess) canonical 2
Greek goddess Dike 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess
deity of justice
personification
activity reports human injustice to Zeus
walks among humans observing their deeds
appearsIn Aeschylus' plays
linked to: Aeschylus

Hesiod's Theogony
Hesiod's Works and Days
Pindar's odes
associatedWith Astraea
Moirae
Nemesis
Themis
Zeus
contrastedWith Adikia
culture Ancient Greek religion
domain fairness
human righteousness
justice
moral order
epithet daughter of Zeus
goddess of justice
goddess of moral order
equatedWith Roman Justitia
memberOf Horae
moralFunction punishes the unjust
rewards the righteous
mythologicalEra Classical Greek period
linked to: Classical Greece
oftenDepictedAs figure enforcing justice among humans
figure holding scales
young woman
parent Themis
Zeus
relatedConcept cosmic order
equity
law
residence Olympus
role guardian of human justice
guardian of moral order
protector of the just
sibling Eirene
Eunomia
subordinateTo Zeus
symbol rod
scales
sword
worshipType personified abstraction

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Justitia equivalentTo Greek goddess Dike
linked to: Dike (goddess)