Adikia
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In Greek mythology, Adicia or Adikia (Script error: No such module "Lang".) was the goddess and personification of injustice and wrong-doing.Template:Sfnmp
Representation
An image of Dike, the goddess of justice, overcoming Adikia appears in two archaic vase paintings.Template:Sfnp The scene was also shown on the chest of Cypselus, in which Adikia was portrayed as a hideous, barbaric woman covered in tattoos being dragged by Dike with one hand, while in the other she held a staff which she beat her with or she is depicted being throttled by Dike.[1]
A beautiful woman is punishing an ugly one, choking her with one hand and with the other striking her with a staff. It is Justice (Dike) who thus treats Injustice (Adikia).[1]
Literature
She likely appeared in the now-lost Orphic Rhapsodies (a theogony attributed to Orpheus), in which she seems to have been the antithesis of Dike.[2]
References
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- ↑ RE, s.v. Adikia.
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Works cited
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