Nemesis
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In ancient Greek religion and myth, Nemesis, also called Rhamnousia, was the goddess who personified retribution for the sin of hubris: arrogance before the gods.
Farnese Nemesis, National Archaeological Museum of Naples
Relief of Nemesis trampling an enemy and flanked by small figures of Nike, 3rd century CE (Brindisi, Museo archeologico Francesco Ribezzo)
Justice (Dike, on the left) and Divine Vengeance (Nemesis, right) pursuing a murderer, in a painting by Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, 1808
Engraving of Nemesis by Albrecht Dürer, c. 1502
Hubris
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Hubris, or less frequently hybris, is extreme or excessive pride or dangerous overconfidence and complacency, often in combination with arrogance.
Nemesis
…Rhamnusia; Ancient Greek: Ῥαμνουσία, romanized: Rhamnousía, lit. 'the goddess of Rhamnous'), was the goddess who personified retribution for the sin of hubris: arrogance before the gods. The name Nemesis is derived from the Greek word νέμειν, némein, meaning "to give what is due", from Proto-Indo-European…
Illustration for John Milton's Paradise Lost by Gustave Doré (1866). The spiritual descent of Lucifer into Satan is one of the most famous examples of hubris.
Votive relief of Nemesis as protector of gladiators treading on Hubris, 2nd-century, Archaeological Museum of Patras, Greece