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Νεμέα

Νεμέα, Nemea

Νεμέα, Ion. Νεμ-έη, Ep. Νεμ-είη (Hes. Th. 329, Epic.Alex.Adesp. 8.1), ἡ, (νέμος)
  • wooded district between Argos and Corinth, Pi. O. 9.87: freq. in locative Νεμέᾳ, ib. 7.82, etc.; Dor. contr. Νεμῇ SIG 36 B 19 (Olympia, v B.C.), etc.:—Adj. Νέμειος, α, ον, Nemean, τὸν Ν. θῆρα E. HF 153; ὁ Ζεὺς ὁ Ν. Th. 3.96; Νέμεος, Theoc. 25.169; τοῦ Ν. λέοντος Luc. Philops. 8; Νεμειαῖος, Hes. Th. 327; Νεμεαῖος, Pi. N. 2.4, etc.; Νεμεᾰκός, Sch. Pi. N. 1.7; Νεμεήτης Ζεύς, St. Byz.; Νεμειήτης, Max. 102, 346:—poet. fem. Adj. Νεμεάς, άδος, Pi. N. 3.2:—Adv. Νεμέᾱθεν, poet. Νεμέ-ηθε, from Nemea, Call. Fr. 103.
    • II Νέμεα (sc. ἱερά), τά, the Nemean games, Pi. O. 13.34, SIG 82.4 (Delph., iv B.C.), IG 2(2).365, etc.; Νέμεια, ib. 12.606, 3.129, etc.
    • III Νέμειον (sc. ἱερόν), τό, temple of Nemean Zeus, in Locris, Plu. Symp. 2.162c.

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