Dike (goddess)

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Dike (goddess) is the Greek personification of justice and moral order, often depicted as a guardian of human righteousness and fairness under Zeus’s authority.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dike (goddess) canonical 2
Greek goddess Dike 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Greek goddess ⓘ
deity of justice ⓘ
personification ⓘ
activity reports human injustice to Zeus ⓘ
walks among humans observing their deeds ⓘ
appearsIn Aeschylus' plays ⓘ
linked to: Aeschylus

Hesiod's Theogony ⓘ
Hesiod's Works and Days ⓘ
Pindar's odes ⓘ
associatedWith Astraea ⓘ
Moirae ⓘ
Nemesis ⓘ
Themis ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
contrastedWith Adikia ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek religion ⓘ
domain fairness ⓘ
human righteousness ⓘ
justice ⓘ
moral order ⓘ
epithet daughter of Zeus ⓘ
goddess of justice ⓘ
goddess of moral order ⓘ
equatedWith Roman Justitia ⓘ
memberOf Horae ⓘ
moralFunction punishes the unjust ⓘ
rewards the righteous ⓘ
mythologicalEra Classical Greek period ⓘ
linked to: Classical Greece
oftenDepictedAs figure enforcing justice among humans ⓘ
figure holding scales ⓘ
young woman ⓘ
parent Themis ⓘ
Zeus ⓘ
relatedConcept cosmic order ⓘ
equity ⓘ
law ⓘ
residence Olympus ⓘ
role guardian of human justice ⓘ
guardian of moral order ⓘ
protector of the just ⓘ
sibling Eirene ⓘ
Eunomia ⓘ
subordinateTo Zeus ⓘ
symbol rod ⓘ
scales ⓘ
sword ⓘ
worshipType personified abstraction ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

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

Justitia → equivalentTo → Greek goddess Dike ⓘ
linked to: Dike (goddess)