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NEMEAN - Nemea (; Greek: ) is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in Argolis, it...
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| Of or pertaining to Nemea, in Argolis, where the ancient Greeks celebrated games, and Hercules killed a lion. |
| Of or belonging to Nemea specifically (in Classical Mythology) designating a monstrous lion said to have terrorized the Nemean region until killed by Hercules as the first of his twelve labours. |
| Greek History. Designating one of the national festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad. Usually as "Nemean games", "Nemean festival". |
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Nemea (; Greek: ) is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in Argolis, it is today situated in the regional unit of Corinthia. The small village of Archaia Nemea (formerly known as "Koutsoumadi" and then "Iraklion") is immediately southwest of the archaeological site, while the new town of Nemea lies to the west. * Here in Greek mythology Heracles overcame the Nemean Lion of the Lady Hera, and here during Antiquity the Nemean Games were played, in three sequence, ending about 235 BCE, celebrated in the eleven Nemean odes of Pindar. |