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Dysnomia (??s??µ?a), imagined by Hesiod
Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek language oral poet, his date is uncertain but leading scholars agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the Eighth-century BCE....
 among the daughters of "abhorred Eris
Eris (mythology)

Eris is the Greek mythology goddess of strife, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia , whose Latin counterpart is Concordia ....
" ("Strife"), is the daemon
Daemon (mythology)

The words daemon, d?mon, are Latinized spellings of the Greek language da???? , used purposely today to distinguish the daemons of Ancient Greek religion, good or malevolent "supernatural beings between mortals and gods, such as inferior divinities and ghosts of dead heroes" , from the Judeo-Christian usage demon, a malignant...
 of "lawlessness", who shares her nature with Ate
Ate

At?, a Greek word for "ruin, folly, delusion", is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his or her hubris that leads to his or her death or downfall....
 ("ruin"); she makes rare appearances among other personifications in poetical contexts that are marginal to Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 but become central to Greek philosophy
Greek philosophy

Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has shaped the entire Western thought since its inception....
: see Plato's Laws.

In a surviving fragment of Solon
Solon

Solon was an Athens statesman, lawmaker, and lyric poetry. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in Archaic period in Greece Athens....
's poems, a contrast is made to Eunomia
Eunomia (goddess)

Eunomia was a minor Greek goddess....
, a name elsewhere given to one of the Horae
Horae

In Greek mythology, the Horai, Latinized Horae were three goddesses controlling orderly life. They were daughters of Zeus and Themis, half-sisters to the Moirae....
, the embodiments of order.






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Dysnomia (??s??µ?a), imagined by Hesiod
Hesiod

Hesiod was a Greek language oral poet, his date is uncertain but leading scholars agree that Hesiod lived in the latter half of the Eighth-century BCE....
 among the daughters of "abhorred Eris
Eris (mythology)

Eris is the Greek mythology goddess of strife, her name being translated into Latin as Discordia. Her Greek opposite is Harmonia , whose Latin counterpart is Concordia ....
" ("Strife"), is the daemon
Daemon (mythology)

The words daemon, d?mon, are Latinized spellings of the Greek language da???? , used purposely today to distinguish the daemons of Ancient Greek religion, good or malevolent "supernatural beings between mortals and gods, such as inferior divinities and ghosts of dead heroes" , from the Judeo-Christian usage demon, a malignant...
 of "lawlessness", who shares her nature with Ate
Ate

At?, a Greek word for "ruin, folly, delusion", is the action performed by the hero, usually because of his or her hubris that leads to his or her death or downfall....
 ("ruin"); she makes rare appearances among other personifications in poetical contexts that are marginal to Greek mythology
Greek mythology

Greek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the Ancient Greece concerning their List of Greek mythological figures#Immortals and Greek hero cult, Cosmology#Metaphysical cosmology, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices....
 but become central to Greek philosophy
Greek philosophy

Greek philosophy focused on the role of reason and inquiry. Many philosophers today concede that Greek philosophy has shaped the entire Western thought since its inception....
: see Plato's Laws.

In a surviving fragment of Solon
Solon

Solon was an Athens statesman, lawmaker, and lyric poetry. He is remembered particularly for his efforts to legislate against political, economic and moral decline in Archaic period in Greece Athens....
's poems, a contrast is made to Eunomia
Eunomia (goddess)

Eunomia was a minor Greek goddess....
, a name elsewhere given to one of the Horae
Horae

In Greek mythology, the Horai, Latinized Horae were three goddesses controlling orderly life. They were daughters of Zeus and Themis, half-sisters to the Moirae....
, the embodiments of order. Both were figures of rhetoric and poetry; neither figured in myth or Greek religious cult — although other personifications did, like Homonia, "Agreement"; whether Harmonia
Harmonia

Harmonia may refer to:...
 is only a personification is debatable.

In 2005, Dysnomia was chosen as the name for the newly discovered moon
Dysnomia (moon)

'Dysnomia' , officially ' Eris I Dysnomia', is the only known natural satellite of the dwarf planet Eris . It was discovered in 2005 by Michael E....
 of the dwarf planet Eris
Eris (dwarf planet)

'Eris' , Minor planet names '136199 Eris', is the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System and the ninth-largest body known to orbit the Sun directly....
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