See Also: Nemean(dictionary)

Nemean (iou)



Nemean adjective. L16.
[from Latin Nem(e)aeus, Nemeus from Greek Nemaios, -eos, -ea Nemea (see below) + -AN.]
Of or belonging to Nemea, a wooded district near Argos in ancient Greece.
Nemean festival, Nemean games Greek History one of the national festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad. Nemean lion Classical Mythology a monstrous lion which terrorized the Nemean region until killed by Hercules as the first of his twelve labours.