Dike
Dike, whose name means "justice," is one of the three Horae in most accounts. She is the daughter of Zeus and Themis.
↻ synthesized from 8 sources
When
- First attested
- 1000 BCE
- Attested period
- -1000 – 2020
- Historical notes
- One of the three Horae in most classical Greek accounts, daughter of Zeus and Themis.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Musaeus, Eumolpus, Trophonius, Dyssebeia, Aglaia, Eucleia, Euthenia, Eupheme, Philophrosyne, Auxo, Thallo, Carpo, Horai, Mnemosyne, Clotho, Lachesis, Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Brontes, Helios, Hera, Nemea, Selene, Ersa, Pandia, Endymion, Narcissus, Demeter, Persephone, Rhea-Cybele, Despoina, Themis, Hephaestus, Moirai, Zeus, Gaia, Apollo, Artemis, Uranus, Athena, Atropos, Eurynome, Metis, Leto, Muses
- sibling of
- Eunomia, Euphrosyne, Thalia, Eirene
- syncretized with
- Rehtia
Mentioned by
- Helios
- Hera
- Nemea
- Selene
- Ersa
- Pandia
- Endymion
- Narcissus
- Demeter
- Persephone
- Rhea-Cybele
- Despoina
- Themis
- Hephaestus
- Moirai
- Zeus
and 17 more
Sources
Source passages
“in most other accounts their number is three; Eirene ("peace"), Eunomia ("order"), and Dike ("justice"), and their parents are Zeus and Themis instead.”
#19026 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“An image of Dike, the goddess of justice, overcoming Adikia appears in two archaic vase paintings.”
#27503 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“Erinys had a similar function with the avenging Dike (Justice).”
#27982 · extracted by deepseek/deepseek-chat
“West describes these four sisters, as being among the several descendants of Zeus (such as Eunomia, Dike, Thalia, and Euphrosyne) who are "personified abstractions of an auspicious character."”
#28292 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“According to one source, her husband is Nomos (Law), and their daughter is Dike, goddess of justice and fair judgment. In other tellings, Dike is the daughter of the god Zeus and/or the goddess Themis (Order).”
#28307 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001