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Definition of Themis
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) the Titaness who was goddess of justice in ancient mythology.
Definition of Themis
1. n. The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights.
Definition of Themis
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) A Titan, the embodiment of divine order, law and custom. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Themis
1. The goddess of law and order; the patroness of existing rights. Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. That which is laid down or established by usage, law, prob. Fr. To set, place. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Themis
Literary usage of Themis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"THE PROPHECY OF themis. Now from her lips a solemn oath had pass'd, ... WHEN themis
thus with prescient voice had spoke Among the gods a various murmur ..."
2. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"themis , — The second wife of Zeus, according to the account in the Theogony of
Hesiod, was themis ("Justice"), and, as we have pointed out elsewhere, ..."
3. The International Law and Custom of Ancient Greece and Rome by Coleman Phillipson (1911)
"Both fas and &V'? are frequently personified in be- Personification ginning solemn
invocations to the gods.2 Festus points j^?8™1 out that themis was ..."
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