Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    The Atlas·Figures

    Nemesis

    deity figure · 9 works · 9 mentions · 9 anchored passages

    also in the atlas: Nemesis the idea

    Indignation

    in the texts

    Against Aristogeiton IClassical · Greek

    Divine power invoked by the speaker in connection with fortune and vindication.

    As a mere mortal I pay my respects to Nemesis, and I am deeply grateful both to the gods and to all the citizens of Athens for their protection.
    against aristogeiton i

    OrationsImperial · Greek

    Goddess of retribution/due measure, invoked in the closing prayer

    I pray, then, to Dionysus the forefather of this city, and to Heracles its founder, and to Zeus Guardian of the City, and to Athena and Aphrodite Fosterer of Friendship, and to Concord and Nemesis and the other gods, that from this day forth they may cast upon this city longing for itself, and love, and a single mind, and the wish and the will for the same things, and may cast out faction and stri …
    oration 39

    PhoenissaeClassical · Greek

    Goddess of retribution, invoked by Antigone against Capaneus's boastful impiety.

    O Nemesis, and roaring thunder-peals of Zeus and blazing lightning-bolts, oh!
    phoenissae

    TheogonyClassical · Greek

    Goddess born to Night to afflict mortal men, personifying righteous indignation.

    Also deadly Night bore Nemesis (Indignation) to afflict mortal men, and after her, Deceit and Friendship and hateful Age and hard-hearted Strife.
    theogony

    Works and DaysClassical · Greek

    Personified Retribution/Indignation who, together with Aidos, abandons mankind at the culmination of the Iron Age's wrongdoing.

    And then Aidos and Nemesis, with their sweet forms wrapped in white robes, will go from the wide-pathed earth and forsake mankind to join the company of the deathless gods:
    works and days

    HelenClassical · Greek

    Goddess whom Zeus approached in the form of a swan, according to the variant genealogy given here.

    For in the likeness of Amphitryon he came to Alcmena, and as a shower of gold he united with Danae, and in the guise of a swan he took refuge in the bosom of Nemesis, and again in this form he espoused Leda;
    helen

    OlympianClassical · Greek

    Goddess whose mind the poet prays Zeus will not let 'waver' against the fortunate family.

    I pray that, for the share of fine things allotted to them, Zeus may not cause the mind of Nemesis to waver;
    chapter 8

    RepublicClassical · Greek

    Greek goddess of retribution, invoked by Socrates as a protective gesture before venturing a risky argument.

    For, indeed, I believe that involuntary homicide is a lesser fault than to mislead opinion about the honorable, the good, and the just.
    chapter 5

    ElectraClassical · Greek

    Nemesis is invoked by Aegisthus as he reacts to what he thinks is Orestes' corpse.

    O Zeus, I see an image which could not have fallen without divine spite—but, if Nemesis attend what I say, let it be unsaid!
    electra