ANCIENT HYMNS FOR NEMESIS

Hymn of Mesomedes
"Nemesis, winged one that tips the scales of life,
dark-eyed goddess, daughter of Justice,
you restrain the futile pride of mortals with your unyielding bridle and,
hating hurtful vanity, destroy black envy: below your wheel, always
moving but leaving no trace, the fortune of man turns.
Unseen, you come at once to defeat arrogance;                                                             
by your hand you gauge the span of life, and, frowning,                                              
you scrutinize the thoughts of men, you always hold the balance.
Be merciful, hallowed judge, winged Nemesis, life's force.                                            
We honor you, Nemesis, immortal goddess,                                                                
victory incarnate with wings unfurled, faultless,                                                       
sharing the throne of Justice; you resent human vanity and banish
men to Tartarus below"

Orphic Hymn 60 to Nemesis
"Thee, Nemesis, I call, almighty queen, by whom the deeds of mortal life are seen:
eternal, much revered, of boundless sight, alone rejoicing in the just and right:
changing the counsels of the human breast for ever various, rolling without rest.
To every mortal is thy influence known, and men beneath thy righteous bondage groan;
for every thought within the mind concealed is to thy sight perspicuously revealed.
The soul unwilling reason to obey, by lawless passion ruled, thine eyes survey.
All to see, hear, and rule, O power divine, whose nature equity contains, is thine.
Come, blessed, holy Goddess, hear my prayer, and make thy mystics’ life thy constant care:
give aid benignant in the needful hour, and strength abundant to the reasoning power;
and far avert the dire, unfriendly race of counsels impious, arrogant, and base."