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themis
/ˈθiːmɪs/
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What does themis mean?
proper noun
- A Titan, the embodiment of divine order, law and custom. She was the daughter of Gaia and Uranus.
- 24 Themis, a main belt asteroid.
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And Miss Harrison, it must be noticed, does, in other passages of the same book (see Themis, pp.
Enjolras, pale, with bare neck and dishevelled hair, and his woman’s face, had about him at that moment something of the antique Themis.
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As long as man is opposed to man, property offsets property, and the two forces balance each other; as soon as man is isolated, that is, opposed to the society which he himself represents, jurisprudence is at fault: Themis has lost one scale of her balance.