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Goddess of judicial punishment

For the moon of Jupiter, seePraxidike (moon).

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InGreek mythology,Praxidice orPraxidike (Ancient Greek:Πραξιδίκη,[praksidíkɛː], lit. "Applied Justice")^{[citation needed]} may refer to the following characters:

Praxidice, goddess of judicialpunishment and the exactor of vengeance, which were two closely allied concepts in the classical Greek world-view.^{[citation needed]}
Praxidice, according to theOrphic Hymn toPersephone, was anepithet of Persephone: "Praxidike, subterranean queen. TheEumenides' source [mother], fair-haired, whose frame proceeds from Zeus' ineffable and secret seeds."^[1] Aspraxis "practice, application" ofdike "justice", she is sometimes identified withDike, goddess of justice.
Praxidice, according toStephanus of Byzantium, a daughter ofOgygus named Praxidike, married toTremiles (after whomLycia had been previously named Tremile) and had by him four sons:Tlos,Xanthus,Pinarus andCragus.^[2] In one account, all sons were mentioned except Xanthus to be the progeny of Praxidice and Tremilus.^[3] Of them, Tlos had a Lycian city named Tlos after himself.^[4] Cragus may be identical with the figure of the same name mentioned as the husband ofMilye, sister ofSolymus.^[5]

The pluralPraxidicae (Ancient Greek:Πραξιδίκαι,Praxidikai) refers to the following groups of mythological figures who presided over exacting of justice:

Arete andHomonoia, daughters of Praxidice andSoter, sisters toKtesios.^[6]
Alalcomenia,Thelxionoea andAulis, daughters of the earlyBoeotian kingOgyges.^[6] AtHaliartos inBoeotia,Pausanias saw the open-air "sanctuary of the goddesses whom they call Praxidikae. Here the Haliartians swear, but the oath is not one they take lightly".^[7] Their images only portrayed their heads, and only heads of animals were sacrificed to them.^[8]

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^Orphic Hymn to Persephone 29
^Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.Tremilē (quoting a poem byPanyassis)
^Tituli Asiae Minoris 2.174,A.16–B2(Greek text)
^Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.Tlōs
^Stephanus of Byzantium, s.v.Milyai
^^a ^bSuda s.v.Praxidike
^Pausanias,9.33.3.
^William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, v. 3, page 517

References

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The Hymns of Orpheus. Translated by Taylor, Thomas (1792). University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.Online version at the theoi.com
Pausanias,Description of Greece with an English Translation by W.H.S. Jones, Litt.D., and H.A. Ormerod, M.A., in 4 Volumes. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1918.ISBN 0-674-99328-4.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library
Pausanias,Graeciae Descriptio.3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.Greek text available at the Perseus Digital Library.
Stephanus of Byzantium,Stephani Byzantii Ethnicorum quae supersunt, edited by August Meineike (1790-1870), published 1849. A few entries from this important ancient handbook of place names have been translated by Brady Kiesling.Online version at the Topos Text Project.
Suida,Suda Encyclopedia translated by Ross Scaife, David Whitehead, William Hutton, Catharine Roth, Jennifer Benedict, Gregory Hays, Malcolm Heath Sean M. Redmond, Nicholas Fincher, Patrick Rourke, Elizabeth Vandiver, Raphael Finkel, Frederick Williams, Carl Widstrand, Robert Dyer, Joseph L. Rife, Oliver Phillips and many others.Online version at the Topos Text Project.

AncientGreek deities

Primal
elements

Titans

TwelveTitans	Coeus Crius Cronus Dione Hyperion Iapetus Mnemosyne Oceanus Phoebe Rhea Tethys Theia Themis
Descendants of the Titans	Asteria Astraeus Atlas Eos Epimetheus Helios Leto Menoetius Pallas Perses Prometheus Selene

Olympian
deities

Twelve Olympians	Aphrodite Apollo Ares Artemis Athena Demeter Dionysus Hephaestus Hera Hermes Hestia Poseidon Zeus
Olympian Gods	Asclepius Eileithyia Enyo Eris Iris Harmonia Hebe Heracles Paean Pan
Muses	Daughters ofZeus Calliope Clio Euterpe Erato Melpomene Polyhymnia Terpsichore Thalia Urania Daughters ofApollo Apollonis Borysthenis Cephisso Boeotian Muses Aoide Melete Mneme Muses of theLyre Hypate Mese Nete Muses atSicyon Polymatheia
Charites (Graces)	Aglaia Euphrosyne Hegemone Pasithea Thalia
Horae (Hours)	Dike Eirene Eunomia
Children ofStyx	Bia Kratos Nike Zelus

Water
deities

Sea deities	Amphitrite Benthesikyme Brizo Calliste Calypso Ceto Eurybia Glaucus Leucothea Melicertes Nereus Nerites Oceanus Phorcys Pontus Poseidon Proteus Rhodos Tethys Thalassa Thaumas Thetis Triton
Oceanids	Acaste Admete Asia Callirhoe Ceto Clymene (consort of Helios) Clymene (wife of Iapetus) Clytie Dione Dodone Doris Electra Eurynome Idyia Melia (consort of Apollo) Melia (consort of Inachus) Metis Perse Philyra Pleione Pluto Styx Telesto Theia Zeuxo
Nereids	Amatheia Amphithoe Amphitrite Arethusa Cymatolege Cymo Dynamene Galatea Galene Protomedeia Psamathe Sao Spio Thalia Thetis
River gods	Achelous Alpheus Anapus Asopus Asterion Axius Caanthus Cebren Cephissus Enipeus Kladeos Meander Nilus Numicus Phasis Phyllis Peneus Sangarius Scamander Selemnus Simoeis Strymon
Naiads	Aegina Achiroe Aganippe TheAnigrides Argyra Bistonis Bolbe Caliadne Cassotis Castalia Cleocharia Creusa Daphne Drosera Harpina TheIonides Ismenis Larunda Lilaea Liriope Melite Metope Minthe Moria Nana Nicaea Orseis Pallas Pirene Salmacis Stilbe TheThriae Corycia Cleodora Melaina Tiasa

Personifications

Children ofEris	Algos Amphillogiai TheAndroktasiai Ate Dysnomia Horkos Hysminai Lethe Logoi Limos Machai Neikea Phonoi Ponos Pseudea
Children ofNyx	Apate Eris Geras Hesperides Hypnos TheKeres TheMoirai Atropos Clotho Lachesis Momus Moros Nemesis Oizys TheOneiroi Philotes Thanatos
Others	Achlys Adephagia Aergia Aidos Aion Alala Alastor Aletheia Alke Amechania Anaideia Ananke Angelia Anteros Apheleia Arete TheArae Astraea Caerus Chronos Chrysus Corus Deimos Dikaiosyne Dyssebeia Eiresione Ekecheiria Eulabeia Eupraxia Eusebeia Ersa Eros Erotes Gelos Hedone Hedylogos Heimarmene Hermaphroditus Homados Homonoia Horme Hymen Iacchus Ioke Kakia Koalemos Kydoimos TheLitae Lyssa TheManiae Methe Nomos Palioxis Peitharchia Peitho Penia Penthus Pepromene Pheme Phobos Phrike Phthonus Poine Polemos Poros Praxidice Proioxis Prophasis Soter Soteria Thrasos Tyche

Other deities

Sky	TheAnemoi Boreas Eurus Notus Zephyrus Hesperus Phosphorus Phaethon Astrape and Bronte Aura TheHesperides TheHyades Nephele ThePleiades Alcyone Sterope Celaeno Electra Maia Merope Taygete Sirius Tritopatores
Agriculture	Aphaia Demeter Despoina Eunostus Opora Philomelus Plutus
Health	Asclepius Aceso Epione Iaso Hygieia Paean Panacea Telesphorus
Rustic deities	Aetna Agdistis TheAlseids Amphictyonis Aristaeus Attis Britomartis TheCabeiri Comus TheDryades Erato TheHamadryades Chrysopeleia TheEpimelides Hecaterus Leuce TheMaenades TheMeliae Hyperborean maidens TheOreads Echo Priapus Rhapso Silenus Telete
Others	Aphroditus Arke Auxesia Enodia Circe Enyalius Hecate Orthanes Palaestra Pasiphaë Phanes Sosipolis

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