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Themis (THEE miss Roman name Justitia)
Themis is one of the daughters of Uranus and Gaia. She is
the personification of divine right order of things as
sanctioned by custom and law. She has oracular powers and
it is said that she build the oracle at Delphi. By Zeus
she is the mother of the Horae and the Moirae.
Themis is depicted as a stern looking woman, blindfolded
and holding a pair of scales and a cornucopia. |
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