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Encyclopedia > Praxidike

In Greek mythology, Praxidike is the goddess of judicial punishment. She formed a group known as the Praxidikai, along with her two daughters Arete (a goddess of virtue) and Homonoia (a goddess of concord). She had a son, Ktesios, god of the household. Greek mythology comprises the collected narratives of Greek gods, goddesses, heroes, and heroines, originally created and spread within an oral-poetic tradition. ... Punishment is the practice of imposing something unpleasant on a wrongdoer as a response to something unwanted that the wrongdoer has done. ... Arete (Greek ) was a minor Ancient Greek goddess of virtue, daughter of the goddess of justice Praxidike. ... Virtue (Greek αρετη; Latin virtus) is the habitual, well-established, readiness or disposition of mans powers directing them to some goodness of act. ... Type species Homonoia riparia Lour. ... Concord - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...


She is sometimes identified with Dike, goddess of justice. In Greek mythology, the Horae (hours) were the three goddesses controlling orderly life. ...


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PRAXIDICE : Greek goddess of exacting justice ; mythology : PRAXIDIKE (323 words)
PRAXIDIKE (or Praxidice) was the goddess or spirit (daimona) of exacting justice.
In the Orphic Hymns Praxidike is equated with Persephone, Soter with Zeus, and the Praxidikai with the goddess Erinyes.
Zeus’ holy offspring, of a beauteous mien, Praxidike (avenging Goddess), subterranean queen.
The Moons of the Solar System — Praxidike (429 words)
    Praxidike is one of eleven new satellites discovered since the →Voyager-2 Jupiter system fly-by which occured 21 years ago (1979).
Praxidike was the Greek goddess of punishment of evil actions, justice and retribution.
At pericenter (closest to the planet) Praxidike is separated from the Jupiter a distance of q = 16,076,161 km.
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