Nemesis: The Greek Goddess Of Justice

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In Greek mythology, Nemesis is one of many goddess. She is the goddess of Justice. Nemesis is the symbol of right and wrong. (Greek mythology is from a time period around 500 B.C.E.) Greek mythology comes from a period where it came before classical times, so for that, officially the stories of Greek is a myth. That’s where the mythology comes in Greek. Greece was one of the first civilizations that used democracy and for that same government, United States of America uses today.img_nemesis.jpg

Nemesis is the daughter of Nyx. She is often described as a very beautiful and thoughtful woman, which wears a silver crown adorned with staged horns. She has no sisters or brothers. It has been said that Nemesis’ father is, Oceanus (Nyx is the mother of Night and Oceanus is the father of the sea). Nemesis is the justice of right and wrong (Sakolus). At birth, she was a silver egg in the river of chaos. That’s where the daughter Nyx (night) and Oceanus (sea) comes from. Nemesis is associated with August Full Moon, since she is the daughter of Nyx (“Goddess”). Nemesis pursues the insolent and the wicked with inflexible vengeance. She is originated from Smyrna. Many pictures of Nemesis is portrayed as a serious looking woman with her left hand a whip, a rein, and a sword (Lindemans). In …show more content…

The Romans thinks that Nemesis is a very intelligent woman, and that justice is the key of Nemesis (Sakolus). She untangles the threads spun by the fates of all kind. She guides people’s problems and helps find their solutions. She curses the envy, and rewards the humble (Lilla). It is said that she was the birth of the moon (“Goddess”). She handles the threads of life, and is the creator of law and order. Zeus caught the object of his affection in the form of a swan while Nemesis was in the guise of a goose. In these shapes the pair mated, and as a result Nemesis later laid an egg from which the famous beauty Helen of Troy was hatched

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