Adikia
In Greek mythology, Adicia or Adikia (Ἀδικία) was the goddess and personification of injustice and wrong-doing.[1]
Representation
An image of Dike, the goddess of justice, overcoming Adikia appears in two archaic vase paintings.[2] 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.[3]
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).[3]
References
- ^ Jordan (2014), p. 4; Bell (1991), p. 4.
- ^ Smith (2011), p. 15.
- ^ a b Pausanias (1918), 5.18.2.
Works cited
- Bell, Robert E. (1991). Women of Classical Mythology: A Biographical Dictionary. ABC-Clio. ISBN 978-0874365818.
- Jordan, Michael (2014). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4381-0985-5.
- Pausanias (1918). Description of Greece. Translated by W. H. S. Jones; H. A. Ormerod. Cambridge & London: Harvard University Press / William Heinemann Ltd. ISBN 0-674-99328-4 – via Perseus Digital Library. 4 volumes.
- Smith, Amy C. (2011). Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-21452-1.