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🌍 Nemea (Argolid)

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  • Information
    city in the Argolid
    Wikidata
    https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q748108
    Pleiades
    https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/570504
    Cult site of
    πŸ‘€ Opheltes (Nemean)
    Place of death of
    πŸ‘€ Opheltes (Nemean)πŸ‘€ the Nemean LionπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes)πŸ‘€ the Serpent of Nemea
    Place of burial of
    πŸ‘€ Opheltes (Nemean)πŸ‘€ Lycourgos (Nemean)
    Games established by
    πŸ‘₯ the Seven against ThebesπŸ‘€ Adrastos (Argive I)
    Games held by
    πŸ‘₯ the Epigonoi
    Eponym
    πŸ‘€ Nemea (eponym)
    Ruled by
    πŸ‘€ Lycourgos (Nemean)πŸ‘€ Molorchos
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Opheltes (Nemea)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Lycourgos (Nemea)
    Encompasses
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Opheltes (Nemea)β€‚πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Lycourgos (Nemea)β€‚πŸ›οΈ Spring Adrasteia (Argolid)
    Related entities
    πŸ‘€ Lycourgos (Nemean)πŸ‘€ Heracles🏺 the Club of HeraclesπŸ‘€ EurystheusπŸ‘€ the Nemean Lion🌍 Mycenae (Argolid)🌍 Cleonai (Argolid)πŸ‘€ Opheltes (Nemean)πŸ‘₯ the Seven against ThebesπŸ‘€ AmphiaraosπŸ‘€ Eteoclos (s. of Iphis)πŸ‘€ Laodocos (athlete)πŸ‘€ ParthenopaiosπŸ‘€ PolyneicesπŸ‘€ TydeusπŸ‘€ Adrastos (Argive I)🌍 Argos (city)🌍 Thebes (Boiotia)🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia)πŸ‘€ the Serpent of NemeaπŸ‘€ HeraπŸ›οΈ the Cave of the Nemean Lion (Argolid)🌍 Mount Tretos (Argolid)πŸ‘€ HypsipyleπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Opheltes (Nemea)πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Lycourgos (Nemea)πŸ‘€ Nemea (eponym)πŸ‘₯ the EpigonoiπŸ‘€ Melanippos (s. of Theseus)πŸ‘€ IoπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes)πŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian)πŸ‘€ Hermes🌍 EgyptπŸ‘€ MolorchosπŸ‘€ Areion (horse)🌍 Mount Apesantos (Argolid)🌍 Nemea (Argolid)
    Mentioned by
    πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 1.9.14πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.4.11πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 2.5.1πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.6.4πŸ“– Apollodoros, Library 3.6.3-3.6.6πŸ“– Hesiod, Theogony 306-332πŸ“– Pausanias 2.15.2πŸ“– Pausanias 2.15.3πŸ“– Pausanias 6.5.5πŸ“– Pausanias 8.48.2πŸ“– Pausanias 10.25.4-10.25.8πŸ“– Bacchylides, Odes 9πŸ“– Bacchylides, Odes 13πŸ“– Lucian, Dialogues of the Gods 7 MacLeodπŸ“– Lucian, The Double Indictment 2πŸ“– Callimachus, Aetia fr. 54 HarderπŸ“– Lucian, The Dance 44πŸ“– Pindar, Nemean 10 19-30πŸ“– Pindar, Isthmian 6 19-56πŸ“– Diodoros, Library 4.11.3-4.11.4πŸ“– Pindar, Nemean 8 40-51πŸ“– Pindar, Isthmian 3 1-18πŸ“– Pindar, Olympian 13 40-92πŸ“– Strabo 8.6.19πŸ“– Servius, Scholia on Georgics 3.19πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39βš’οΈ Parian Chronicle (Ashmolean 449945; IG XII, 5, 444; PHI 77668)πŸ“– Callimachus, Iambi fr. 223 PfeifferπŸ“– Callimachus fr. 384 PfeifferπŸ“– Ovid, Metamorphoses 9.159-9.272πŸ“– Ovid, Heroides 9
    Mentioned in text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyPausaniasBacchylides, OdesLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, The Double IndictmentCallimachus, AetiaLucian, The DancePindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Isthmian 6Diodoros, LibraryPindar, Nemean 8Pindar, Isthmian 3Pindar, Olympian 13StraboServius, Scholia on GeorgicsVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, IambiCallimachusOvid, MetamorphosesOvid, Heroides
    Reported to be mentioned in text
    Vergil, Georgics
    Mentioned in citation of
    πŸ“– Vergil, Georgics 3.1-3.39
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Painting from Insula Occidentalis, 10, Pompeii (MANN 8987)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from
    🌍 Argos (city)
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