Dike

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Greek goddess deity of justice personification

Dike is the Greek goddess of justice and moral order, often depicted as a guardian of human righteousness and fairness.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Dike canonical	7
Dike holding scales	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Greek goddess ⓘ deity of justice ⓘ personification ⓘ
appearsIn	Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ various Greek myths ⓘ
associatedConcept	divine justice ⓘ ethical behavior ⓘ human law ⓘ punishment of the unjust ⓘ
associatedWith	Astraea ⓘ Nemesis ⓘ Themis ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
contrastedWith	Adikia ⓘ
culture	Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain	fairness ⓘ human righteousness ⓘ justice ⓘ moral order ⓘ
epithet	bringer of justice ⓘ guardian of men ⓘ
gender	female ⓘ
greekName	Δίκη ⓘ
memberOf	Horae ⓘ
oftenDepictedAs	young woman ⓘ
oftenDepictedWith	rod or staff ⓘ scales ⓘ sword ⓘ
opposes	injustice ⓘ lawlessness ⓘ
parent	Themis ⓘ Zeus ⓘ
role	guardian of human justice ⓘ protector of moral order ⓘ upholder of law and custom ⓘ
romanEquivalent	Justitia ⓘ
sibling	Eunomia ⓘ surface form: Eirene Eunomia ⓘ
symbolizes	fair judgment ⓘ justice ⓘ righteous conduct ⓘ social order ⓘ
typeOfJustice	moral justice ⓘ social justice ⓘ
worshippedIn	Greek Antiquity ⓘ surface form: Ancient Greece city-states of classical Greece ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Themis → parentOf → Dike ⓘ

Dike (justice) as divine order → symbolizedBy → Dike ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dike holding scales

Nemesis → associatedWith → Dike ⓘ

Horae → member → Dike ⓘ

Eunomia → sibling → Dike ⓘ

Eunomia → associatedWithDeity → Dike ⓘ

Astraea → equatedWith → Dike ⓘ

Eirene (Greek goddess of peace) → sibling → Dike ⓘ

subject surface form: Eirene