Dysnomia

Dysnomia (Greek Δυσνομία the illegality) is the daimona of lawlessness in Greek mythology. She is a frequent companion of the ate, the delusion, her opponent is Eunomia, the personification of the legal order. In Hesiod's theogony she is listed as one of the fourteen descendants of the Eris. [1]

It plays only a minor role in Greek mythology, but plays a central role in Greek philosophy, especially in Plato's work Nomoi. Like the other personified vices, her temple was built so that she would stay away from a place. [2]

Dysnomia also became a crisis of the Athenian community under Solon around 600 BC. When many Athenians disregarded unwritten rules of living together. [3]
Trivia

In 2005, the moon of the dwarf planet Eris was named Dysnomia. [4]

References
Hesiod, Theogony 230
Wilhelm Vollmer: Complete dictionary of the mythology of all nations: a compact compilation of what is most worth knowing from the doctrine of fables and gods of all peoples of the old and new world. Hoffman Publishing House, 1836.
Michael Stahl: Society and State among the Greeks. Volume 1, UTB, 2003.
IAU Circular 8747 (Memento of September 27, 2006 in the Internet Archive) - Official publication of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) on the naming of Eris and Dysnomia.

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