Nemesis
Greek · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
Daughter of Night, goddess of divine retribution against arrogance.
Parentage
- parent: Nyx
Domains
- retribution
Powers
- Deals out deserved retribution for hubris
Epithets
- Ῥαμνουσία Of Rhamnous; Nemesis of her great Attic sanctuaryPaus. 1.33.2-8; Strabo 9.1.17 (primary)
- Ἀδράστεια The inescapable; she from whom none can fleeAesch. PV 936; Plat. Rep. 451a (primary)
Relations
- sibling: HypnosFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nyx) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: ThanatosFull sibling — shares the same attested parentage (Nyx) per the figures' cited genealogy.
- sibling: Moros
- counterpart of: NemesisTradition-specific counterpart; this link does not transfer parentage.Orphic Hymns 60 (Taylor; modern 61) (primary)
Sources
- existence: Hesiod, Theogony 223 (primary)