Adikia
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Adikia is the personification of injustice and wrongdoing in Greek mythology, often depicted as the moral opposite of the goddess Dike.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Greek mythological figure
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deity ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Attic red-figure pottery
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Greek philosophical discourse as a concept ⓘ ancient Greek vase paintings ⓘ |
| appearsWith | Dike on vases ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Dike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Greek goddesses of justice and injustice
ⓘ
Greek personifications ⓘ |
| contrastedWith |
justice
ⓘ
lawfulness ⓘ moral order ⓘ |
| culture | Ancient Greek mythology ⓘ |
| depictedAs |
disheveled woman
ⓘ
female figure ⓘ ugly woman ⓘ |
| domain |
ethics
ⓘ
social relations ⓘ |
| etymologyRelatedTo | Greek word "adikia" meaning injustice ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasAbstractType | moral abstraction ⓘ |
| hasConceptualRelation |
justice
ⓘ
law ⓘ punishment ⓘ |
| iconography | often beaten or subdued by Dike ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Greek ⓘ |
| moralCategory | vice ⓘ |
| moralFunction | to represent the consequences of injustice ⓘ |
| moralOppositeOf | Dike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralValence | negative ⓘ |
| opposedBy | Dike NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| oppositeConcept | dikaiosyne (justice) ⓘ |
| personificationOf |
injustice
ⓘ
wrongdoing ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
crime
ⓘ
hubris ⓘ unfairness ⓘ |
| roleInMythology |
embodiment of unjust actions
ⓘ
moral negative example ⓘ |
| semanticField | ethics and law ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
moral corruption
ⓘ
social disorder ⓘ unjust behavior ⓘ |
| usedAsAllegoryIn |
Greek moral thought
ⓘ
didactic art ⓘ |
| worshipStatus | not a major cult deity ⓘ |
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