Adikia

In Greek mythology, Adicia or Adikia (Ἀδικία) was the goddess and personification of injustice and wrong-doing.

Representation

An image of Dike, the goddess of justice, overcoming Adikia appears in two archaic vase paintings. 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.

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).

References

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.