Editing Themis (section)

==Family==
In [[Hesiod]]'s ''[[Theogony]]'', Themis is one of the twelve Titan children of [[Gaia (mythology)|Gaia]] (Earth) and [[Uranus (mythology)|Uranus]] (Sky).<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D104 133&ndash;138]; Gantz, p. 52; Caldwell, p. 5, table 3; Grimal, s.v. Themis, p. 443; Tripp, s.v. Themis, pp. 558&ndash;559; ''[[Oxford Classical Dictionary]]'', s.v. Themis; Morford, [https://archive.org/details/classicalmytholo0000morf_8ed/page/60/mode/2up p. 60]; March, s.v. Themis, p. 376. Themis is similarly called the daughter of Gaia and Uranus by [[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], who includes her in his list of Titans ([[Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)|Apollodorus]], [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0022%3Atext%3DLibrary%3Abook%3D1%3Achapter%3D3%3Asection%3D1 1.3.1]).</ref> She is the second wife of her nephew [[Zeus]], by whom she is the mother of the [[Horae]] (Seasons), listed as [[Eunomia (goddess)|Eunomia]] (Law), [[Dike (goddess)|Dike]] (Justice), [[Eirene (Greek goddess)|Eirene]] (Peace), and the [[Moirai]] (Fates), listed as [[Clotho]], [[Lachesis]] and [[Atropos]].<ref>[[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D901 901&ndash;906]; Gantz, p. 53; ''[[Oxford Classical Dictionary]]'', s.v. Themis. Despite the Moirai being called the offspring of Zeus and Themis, they are earlier, at [[Hesiod]], ''[[Theogony]]'' [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0130%3Acard%3D207 217], listed as the daughters of [[Nyx]] (Night) (Hard, [https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA27 p. 27]).</ref> Similarly to Hesiod's account, the ''[[Orphic Hymn]] to Themis'' calls her the daughter of Gaia and Uranus,<ref>''[[Orphic Hymn]] to Themis'' (79), 1&ndash;3 (Athanassakis and Wolkow, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TTo3r8IHy0wC&pg=PA62 p. 62]).</ref> and the ''[[Orphic Hymn]] to the [[Horae|Seasons]]'' calls her the mother, by Zeus, of the Horae.<ref>''[[Orphic Hymn]] to the [[Horae|Seasons]]'' (43), 1 (Athanassakis and Wolkow, [https://books.google.com/books?id=TTo3r8IHy0wC&pg=PA37 p. 37]).</ref>

[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], in his ''[[Fabulae]]'', makes Themis the daughter of [[Aether (mythology)|Aether]] and [[Terra (mythology)|Terra]] (Earth),<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' Theogony 3 (Smith and Trzaskoma, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vczTNMWLGdoC&pg=PA95 p. 95]).</ref> and by Zeus the mother of the [[Horae]].<ref>[[Gaius Julius Hyginus|Hyginus]], ''[[Fabulae]]'' 183 (Smith and Trzaskoma, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vczTNMWLGdoC&pg=PA158 p. 158]), Theogony 25 (Smith and Trzaskoma, [https://books.google.com/books?id=vczTNMWLGdoC&pg=PA96 p. 96]).</ref> In the play ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'', traditionally attributed to [[Aeschylus]], Themis is the mother of [[Prometheus]],<ref>[[Aeschylus]], ''[[Prometheus Bound]]'' 18, 211, 873 (Sommerstein, pp. [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.445.xml 444, 445 n. 2], [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.467.xml 446, 447 n. 24], [http://www.loebclassics.com/view/aeschylus-prometheus_bound/2009/pb_LCL145.539.xml 538, 539 n. 113]); ''[[Brill's New Pauly]]'', [https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/themis-e1207510 s.v. Themis].</ref> while according to a scholion on [[Euripides]]' play ''[[Hippolytus (play)|Hippolytus]]'', Themis is mother of the [[Hesperides]] by Zeus.<ref>Scholia on [[Euripides]], ''[[Hippolytus (play)|Hippolytus]]'' [https://books.google.com/books?id=9kBnDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA288 742 (Cavarzeran, p. 288)] [= [[Pherecydes of Athens|Pherecydes]] [https://books.google.com/books?id=j0nRE4C2WBgC&pg=PA286 fr. 16d Fowler, p. 286] = ''[[FGrHist]]'' 3 F16d = ''[[Karl Wilhelm Ludwig Müller|FHG]]'' [https://archive.org/details/fragmentahistori01mueluoft/page/80/mode/2up?view=theater fr. 33b (Müller, p. 80)]]; Gantz, p. 6; Fowler 2013, [https://books.google.com/books?id=scd8AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA294 p. 294]; Smith, s.vv. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DT%3Aentry+group%3D7%3Aentry%3Dthemis-bio-1 Themis], [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DH%3Aentry+group%3D11%3Aentry%3Dhesperides-bio-1 Hesperides]. According to Gantz, "Jacoby argues confusion with the Eridanos Nymphai here".</ref>