Nemean lion


nounClassical Mythology.
  1. a powerful lion strangled by Hercules as one of his labors.

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How to use Nemean lion in a sentence

  • It was a representation of Heracles in the act of tearing the jaws of the Nemean lion.

British Dictionary definitions for Nemean lion

Nemean lion

noun
  1. Greek myth an enormous lion that was strangled by Hercules as his first labour

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