Dysnomia (mythology)
Dysnomia ( Greek. Δυσνομία the Missgesetzlichkeit ) is in Greek mythology the Daimona of lawlessness. She is a frequent companion of the Ate , the delusion, her opponent is Eunomia , the personification of the legal order. In Hesiod's theogony , she is listed as one of the fourteen descendants of the Eris .
It plays only a minor role in Greek mythology, but plays a central role in Greek philosophy , especially in Plato's work Nomoi . Like the other personified vices, her temple was built so that she would stay out of place.
Dysnomia also became a crisis of the Athenian community under Solon around 600 BC. When many Athenians disregarded unwritten rules of living together.
Trivia
In 2005, the moon of the dwarf planet Eris was named Dysnomia.
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- ↑ Wilhelm Vollmer: Complete dictionary of the mythology of all nations: a compact compilation of the most worth knowing from the fables and gods doctrine of all peoples of the old and new world. Hoffman Publishing House, 1836.
- ↑ Michael Stahl: Society and State among the Greeks. Volume 1, UTB, 2003.
- ↑ IAU Circular 8747 ( Memento of 27 September 2006 at the Internet Archive ) - Official publication of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on the naming of Eris and Dysnomia.
