The winged Goddess Nemesis is depicted very similarly to Nike, the winged Goddess of Victory. Nemesis is a Goddess who rights injustice by dispensing/distributing what is due.
Nemesis statue, Louvre. Marble, found in Egypt, 2nd century CE.: Louvre, Department of Greek, Etruscan and Roman Antiquities, Denon wing, ground floor (Ma 4873) Photographer: Jastrow (2006)
The hymn implores Nemesis (the Goddess who sees all, hears all, and judges all) to be a kind companion to the mystae (initiates in the Mysteries).
61. Νεμέσεως - Nemesis, the Goddess who dispenses/deals out/distributes what is due
ὕμνος. - a hymn
Ὦ - O, bring forth
Νέμεσι, - Nemesis
κλήιζω - make famous, celebrate in son, applaud, praise, invoke, summon, call
σε, - together
θεά, - Goddess
βασίλεια - Basiliea, basis, Queen, Ruler
μεγίστη, - great, majestic, majesty
πανδερκής, - all-seeing; seen by all = all (παν) + having sight; look, see clearly, sharp sight (δερκής)ἐσορῶσα - look or gaze upon steadily, look upon with admiration, behold, look upon
βίον - of the living, of life
θνητῶν - mortal
πολυφύλων· - of many tribes/peoples/branches = many, multi, poli (πολυ) + tribes, races, that which grows, growth, petals/leaves (φύλων)
ἀιδία, - eternal, everlasting, ever-living, for ever
πολύσεμνε, - exceedingly venerable = much, many, poli (πολύ) + revered, august, holy, solemn, honored (σεμνε)
μόνη - alone
χαίρουσα - rejoice at, take pleasure in, joyful, glad
δικαίοις, - justice, Dike, Goddess of Justice
ἀλλάσσουσα - alternatively = but (ἀλλάσ) + upward motion; of lilies (σουσα)
λόγον - logic, meaning, reason, analogy, rule, proportion, explanation, argument
πολυποίκιλον, - much-variegated, manifold, versatile = many, multi, poli (πολυ) + embellish, adorn, work in various colors, produce various kinds (ποίκιλον)
ἄστατον - arising above the stationary, never stationary
αἰεί, - eternally
ἣν - arising; is; bridle, reins; when, while, whenever
πάντες - all
δεδίασι - fear, alarm, anxious, fear, dread
βροτοὶ - mortal human
ζυγὸν - yoked
αὐχένι - neck, throat, seize by the throat, bind the neck, halter; cut the throat of, neck sinews; boasting, proud, braggart
θέντες· - divine
σοὶ - thou; together with
γὰρ - generate
ἀεὶ - eternal
γνώμη - wisdom, gnowledge, intention, purpose, resolve, thought, judgment, opinion, will, disposition, means of gnowing/knowing, organ by which one perceives or knows/gnows, intelligence
πάντων - of all
μέλει, - to be an object of care or thought, care for, take an interest in, (honey, bee, dark, black, melody, music, manna ash, Fraxinus Ornus)
οὐδέ - but not, and not, nor, not even one
σε - together with
λήθει - Lethe, Goddess of forgetting one's earthly life in order to be reborn
ψυχὴ - Psyche, Goddess of the soul, the Soul
ὑπερφρονέουσα - over-proud, arrogant, contempt, haughty, surpass in knowledge, excel in wisdom = above, exceeding, upper, over, surpass (ὑπερ) + understanding, wisdom, prudence, right thinking, comprehend, be in possession of one's senses (φρονέουσα)λόγων - reason, logic
ἀδιακρίτωι - arising above (ἀ) + through, pierce through (δια) + separated, picked out, chosen (κρίτωι)
ὁρμῆι. - rage, speed, impulse to do a thing, effort, set in motion, start; be moored, lie at anchor; starting point
πάντ’ - all
ἐσορᾶις - look into, look upon, behold; reflection as in a mirror (seeing all)
καὶ - and
πάντ’ - all
ἐπακούεις, - hear, give ear to, listen (hearing all)
καὶ - and
πάντα - all
βραβεύεις· - judge, arbitrator (judging all)
ἐν - in
σοὶ - together with
δ’ - of, from
εἰσὶ - to be
δίκαι - justice, Dike
θνητῶν, - of mortals
πανυπέρτατε - highest of all, above all = all (παν) + upper, above (υπέρτατε)
δαῖμον. - power
ἐλθέ, - come, go
μάκαιρ’, - happy, blessed
ἁγνή, - pure
μύσταις - mystae, initiates in the Mysteries
ἐπιτάρροθος - helper, defender; master = upon (ἐπι) + extender, preserver (τάρροθος)
αἰεί· - eternal
δὸς - give
δ’ - of, from
ἀγαθὴν - good, goodness, blessing, benefit
διάνοιαν - thought, intention, purpose, thought
ἔχειν, - be; hold; keep, have
παύουσα - pause, cease, leave off
πανεχθεῖς - all hostility, all hatefulness = all (παν) + hate, hostility (εχθεῖς)
γνώμας - thought, judgment, knowledge, intelligence, means of knowing
οὐχ - not only but also
ὁσίας, - divine law, law of nature, sanctioned by divine law, hallowed
πανυπέρφρονας, - knowing above all = all (παν) + above (υπέρ) + wisdom, prudence, knowledge, know rightly (φρονας)
ἀλλοπροσάλλας. - another, besides (ἀλλο) + before (προ) + tossing motion, restless (σάλλας)
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