On the other hand, it is indeed not surprising that female personifications incarnating justice and vengeance such as Dike (Justice), the Erinyes (Furies) and Lyssa (Madness) derive from a divinity of darkness, namely Nyx. Dike is related to the Erinyes not only via their common parent, Nyx, but also in nature, appearance and their interference in human affairs. They are both stern and fearsome in countenance with a piercing glance, and, occasionally, wings. Torches are sometimes held by figures of Dike in South Italian vase-painting within a broader underworld setting. Dike shines and has glaring eyes in the Oresteia, a feature not unrelated to the often destructive consequences that she brings to those involved in misconduct.
— Personification in the Greek World From Antiquity to Byzantium, Emma Stafford, Judith Herrin














