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Definition of Nemean

Nemean
Nemean Ne"me*an (?; 277), a. [L. Nemeus, fr. Nemea, Ge. ?.] Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion.

Meaning of Nemean from wikipedia

- overcame the Nemean Lion, and here, during Antiquity, the Nemean Games were held (ending c. 235 BC) and were celebrated in the eleven Nemean odes of Pindar...
- The Nemean lion (/nɪˈmiːən/; Ancient Gr****: Νεμέος λέων, romanized: Neméos léōn; Latin: Leo Nemeaeus) was a monster in Gr**** mythology that lived at Nemea...
- The Nemean Games (Ancient Gr****: Νέμεα or Νέμεια) were one of the four Pan****enic Games of Ancient Greece, and were held at Nemea every two years (or...
- modality is fixed. The constellation Leo is ****ociated with the mythological Nemean lion. The lion is a very important and prominent symbol in Gr**** mythology...
- private letter in its intimacy). Nemean 9 and Nemean 10 celebrate victories in games at Sicyon and Argos, and Nemean 11 celebrates a victory in a muni****l...
- Fighting the Nemean Lion (Zurbarán), a painting from 1634 Hercules and the Nemean Lion (Klein), a sculpture in Berlin Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion (Romanelli)...
- order of the labours given by the mythographer Apollodorus is: Slaying the Nemean lion Slaying the nine-headed Lernaean Hydra Capturing the Ceryneian Hind...
- Zeus; the Pythian Games, which took place in Delphi and honored Apollo; the Nemean Games, occurring at Nemea and also honoring Zeus; and, finally, the Isthmian...
- The Nemean baths are an athletic bathing house at the Pan****enic sanctuary of Nemea in the Argolis. The baths are located on the south most part of the...
- Hercules Strangling the Nemean Lion is a bronze sculpture located in the Piazza Ognissanti, overlooking the River Arno in Florence, Italy. The first bronze...