Dike

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

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dike canonical 24
Dike holding scales 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 Eirene ⓘ
linked to: Eunomia

Eunomia ⓘ
symbolizes fair judgment ⓘ
justice ⓘ
righteous conduct ⓘ
social order ⓘ
typeOfJustice moral justice ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
worshippedIn Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity

city-states of classical Greece ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

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

Themis → parentOf → Dike ⓘ
Dike (justice) as divine order → symbolizedBy → Dike holding scales ⓘ
linked to: Dike
Nemesis → associatedWith → Dike ⓘ
Horae → member → Dike ⓘ
Eunomia → sibling → Dike ⓘ
Astraea → equatedWith → Dike ⓘ
Eirene → sibling → Dike ⓘ
subject linked to: Eirene (Greek goddess of peace)
Phonoi → opposedBy → Dike ⓘ
Horkos → relatedConcept → Dike ⓘ
Virgo → associatedFigure → Dike ⓘ
subject linked to: Virgo constellation
Adikia → moralOppositeOf → Dike ⓘ
Adikia → associatedWith → Dike ⓘ
Adikia → opposedBy → Dike ⓘ
Americanah → hasCharacter → Dike ⓘ
Dysnomia → relatedConcept → Dike ⓘ