文档介绍：Themis (Greek: Θέμις) is an ancient Greek Titaness. She is described as "of good counsel", and is the embodiment(/ ɪmˈbɔdɪmənt/ …的化身)of divine order, law, and custom. Themis means "divine law" rather than human ordinance, literally" that which is put in place", from the Greek Language (τίθημι, títhēmi, ")to put". To the ancient Greeks she was originally anizer of the "communal (/ ˈkɔmjunl/集体的) affairs of humans, particularly assemblies(/ əˈsemblɪ/议会)".
The personification (人格化) of abstract concepts is characteristic of the Hellenes. The ability of the goddess Themis to foresee the future enabled her to e one of the Oracles of Delphi (特尔斐神庙), which in turn led to her establishment as the goddess of divine justice. When Themis is disregarded, Nemesis (复仇女神) brings just wrathful (/'rɔθfl/ 愤怒的) retribution (/ retrɪˈbjuːʃn / 复仇), thus Themis shared the Nemesion temple at Rhamnous.
Themis presided(/ prɪˈzaɪd/主持) over the proper relation between man and woman, the basis of the rightly ordered family (the family was seen as the pillar(/ ˈpɪlə(r); 支柱) of the deme( / di:m /古希腊行政单位) ), and judges were often referred to as "themistopóloi " (the servants of Themis). Such was the basis for order upon Olympus too.
In Greek mythology, Hesiod(赫西奥德(公元前8世纪,  希腊诗人) ) mentions Themis among the six sons and six daughters of Gaia(地母该亚) and Uranus (天的体现者乌拉诺斯) (Earth and Sky). Among these Titans o