Dike
deity figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 5 anchored passages
Justice · Dikë · virgin Justice
in the texts
Theogony
Goddess personifying Justice, one of the Horae.
Next he married bright Themis who bore the Horae (Hours), and Eunomia (Order), Dikë (Justice), and blooming Eirene (Peace), who mind the works of mortal men, and the Moerae (Fates) to whom wise Zeus gave the greatest honor,
Works and Days
The personified goddess of Justice, daughter of Zeus, who is dishonored and dragged away by corrupt bribe-taking judges but ultimately reports wrongdoing to her father and is said to prevail over Outrage.
for Justice beats Outrage when she comes at length to the end of the race.
There is a noise when Justice is being dragged in the way where those who devour bribes and give sentence with crooked judgements, take her.
And there is virgin Justice, the daughter of Zeus, who is honored and reverenced among the gods who dwell on Olympus, and whenever anyone hurts her with lying slander, she sits beside her father, Zeus the son of Cronos, and tells him of men's wicked heart, until the people pay for the mad folly of their princes who, evilly minded, pervert judgement and give sentence crookedly.
Olympian
Personified Justice, one of the three daughters of Themis dwelling in Corinth.
Dike, and Eirene, who was raised together with her, the guardians of wealth for men, the golden daughters of wise Themis.