Dike’s Family Tree

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Family

• Themis(parent),Zeus(parent),Eirene(sibling),Eunomia(sibling),Horae(sibling),Moirai(sibling)— Consort

  Zeus and the Titaness Themis produced the Horae — Eunomia (Order), Dike (Justice), and Eirene (Peace) — and the Moirai, according to Hesiod's Theogony.

  ⚠ Hesiod gives two conflicting genealogies: Theogony 901-906 names Zeus and Themis as parents, while Theogony 217 makes the Moirai daughters of Nyx alone.

Allied with

• Eirene

  In Hesiod's Works and Days (225-237), Eirene flourishes in the just city while Dike watches from beside Zeus. The two sisters function as complementary forces — justice enables peace, and peace rewards justice.

• Eunomia

  In Hesiod's Works and Days, Eunomia and Dike function as complementary civic forces — lawful order provides the framework in which justice can be administered and maintained.

Enemy of

• Adikia

  On the Chest of Cypselus described by Pausanias (5.18.2), a beautiful Dike seizes and beats an ugly Adikia with a staff, symbolizing justice's triumph over wrongdoing.

Member of

• Horae

  The three Horae named by Hesiod in the Theogony were Eunomia (Order), Dike (Justice), and Eirene (Peace), daughters of Zeus and Themis who personified the social order.

Associated with

• Zeus

  In Hesiod's Works and Days (256-262), Dike sits beside Zeus on Olympus and reports the wrongdoing of mortals, prompting her father to punish unjust cities.