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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) son of Lycourgos
    Place of death of
    πŸ‘€ Opheltes (Nemean) son of LycourgosπŸ‘€ the Nemean Lion invulnerable lionπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes) Panoptes ('the all-seeing'), guards IoπŸ‘€ the Serpent of Nemea kills Opheltes
    Place of burial of
    πŸ‘€ Opheltes (Nemean) son of LycourgosπŸ‘€ Lycourgos (Nemean) king of Nemea
    Games established by
    πŸ‘₯ the Seven against Thebes who attack Thebes from ArgosπŸ‘€ Adrastos (Argive I) son of Talaos, one of Seven against Thebes
    Games held by
    πŸ‘₯ the Epigonoi Sack Thebes in the generation after the Seven
    Eponym
    πŸ‘€ Nemea (eponym) eponym of Nemea, daughter of Asopos
    Ruled by
    πŸ‘€ Lycourgos (Nemean) king of NemeaπŸ‘€ Molorchos Heracles' host in Cleonai
    Relics preserved on site
    πŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Opheltes (Nemea) at NemeaπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Lycourgos (Nemea) at 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) king of NemeaπŸ‘€ Heracles greatest Greek hero🏺 the Club of Heracles weapon of HeraclesπŸ‘€ Eurystheus assigns Heracles his laborsπŸ‘€ the Nemean Lion invulnerable lion🌍 Mycenae (Argolid) city in the Argolid🌍 Cleonai (Argolid) city in the ArgolidπŸ‘€ Opheltes (Nemean) son of LycourgosπŸ‘₯ the Seven against Thebes who attack Thebes from ArgosπŸ‘€ Amphiaraos prophet, Calydonian boar hunter, Argonaut, one of the Seven against ThebesπŸ‘€ Eteoclos (s. of Iphis)πŸ‘€ Laodocos (athlete) wins javelin contest at NemeaπŸ‘€ Parthenopaios one of the Seven against ThebesπŸ‘€ Polyneices son of OedipusπŸ‘€ Tydeus one of the Seven against ThebesπŸ‘€ Adrastos (Argive I) son of Talaos, one of Seven against Thebes🌍 Argos (city) city in the Peloponnese🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) city in Boiotia🌍 Mount Cithairon (Attica/Boiotia) mountain on Boiotia-Attica borderπŸ‘€ the Serpent of Nemea kills OpheltesπŸ‘€ Hera Olympian goddessπŸ›οΈ the Cave of the Nemean Lion (Argolid) landmark in the Argolid🌍 Mount Tretos (Argolid) unlocatable mountain in the Argolid, near Mount ApesasπŸ‘€ Hypsipyle queen of LemnosπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Opheltes (Nemea) at NemeaπŸ›οΈ the Tomb of Lycourgos (Nemea) at NemeaπŸ‘€ Nemea (eponym) eponym of Nemea, daughter of AsoposπŸ‘₯ the Epigonoi Sack Thebes in the generation after the SevenπŸ‘€ Melanippos (s. of Theseus) son of TheseusπŸ‘€ Io transformed into a cowπŸ‘€ Argos (Panoptes) Panoptes ('the all-seeing'), guards IoπŸ‘€ Zeus (Olympian) Olympian godπŸ‘€ Hermes Olympian god🌍 Egypt region in North AfricaπŸ‘€ Molorchos Heracles' host in CleonaiπŸ‘€ Areion (horse) immortal horse of Adrastos🌍 Mount Apesantos (Argolid) mountain in the Argolid🌍 Nemea (Argolid) city in the Argolid
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, TheogonyPausaniasBacchylides, OdesLucian, Dialogues of the GodsLucian, The Double IndictmentCallimachus, AetiaLucian, The DancePindar, Nemean 10Pindar, Isthmian 6Pindar, Nemean 8Pindar, Isthmian 3Pindar, Olympian 13StraboServius, Scholia on GeorgicsVergil, GeorgicsCallimachus, IambiCallimachusOvid, Metamorphoses
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