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(Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology
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themis
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Themis is one of the original Oracle Titans in Greek mythology. Themis can also refer to
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Greek goddess of law and justice, the name means "custom, right," literally "that which is laid down or established" (by custom); also "laws, ordinances," but closer in sense to Latin jus than lex ; related to thema "proposition; that which is placed" (see ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Themis \The"mis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? that which is laid down or established by usage, law, prob. fr. ? to set, place.] (Gr. Myth.) The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.
Usage examples of themis.
He rode to the august structure of retributive Themis, as the French call a gallows, in all the pride and pomp of shrievalty, and with a splendid retinue of well-equipped knaves and varlets, as our ancestors called honest serving-men.
Methinks we march as Meleager did, Environed with brave Argolian knights, To chase the savage Calydonian boar, Or Cephalus, with lusty Theban youths, Against the wolf that angry Themis sent To waste and spoil the sweet Aonian fields.
There was not a youth old enough to bear arms who did not feel that his honor had been outraged because this daring fellow had ventured into the town to pay court to beautiful Gloria Themis.
New Joburg was not far away but was working the node known as Reynolds Number Two, which rode the Themis orbital pattern, inconveniently far out.