Dysnomia

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Dysnomia is the ancient Greek personification of lawlessness and disorder, representing the breakdown of social and legal norms.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Deimos 1
Dysnomia canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek mythological figure
personification
associatedWith injustice
social disorder
unlawfulness
category Greek goddesses of justice and law
Greek personifications
contrastedWith good governance
lawful order
culture Ancient Greek
etymology from Greek "dys" (bad) and "nomos" (law, custom)
gender female
hasDomain civic life
legal order
moral order
languageOfName Ancient Greek
mentionedBy Hesiod NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Works and Days NERFINISHED
oppositeOf Eunomia NERFINISHED
personificationOf breakdown of legal norms
breakdown of social norms
disorder
lawlessness
relatedConcept Ate
Dike NERFINISHED
Eunomia NERFINISHED
symbolizes breakdown of justice
corruption of laws
social chaos

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Referenced by (2)

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

Eunomia conceptualOpposite Dysnomia
Children of Aphrodite hasMember Dysnomia
this entity surface form: Deimos