Nemea

[ nee-mee-uh ]

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noun

Nemea

/ nɪˈmiːə /

(in ancient Greece) a valley in N Argolis in the NE Peloponnese; site of the Nemean Games, a Panhellenic festival and athletic competition held every other year

When the army was collected they set out for Nemea, which was at this time governed by king Lycurgus.

But during his pause at Nemea those who shared the opposite policy had time to converge on Mantinea.

The men of Sicyon alone ventured to meet him at Nemea, and them he overthrew in a pitched battle, and erected a trophy.

"If Aristophon chose to paint him side by side with the beautiful Nemea, it is no fault of his," said Eudora.

Yet the Nemea and Isthmia acquired a celebrity not much inferior; the Olympic prize counting for the highest of all.

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