Nemea

Ne·me·a

N0055600 (nē′mē-ə) A valley of the northern Peloponnesus in southern Greece. According to legend, Hercules slew a monstrous lion here as the first of his 12 labors.

Ne′me·an adj. & n.

Nemea

(nɪˈmiːə) n (Placename) (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

Ne•me•a

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n. a valley in SE Greece, in ancient Argolis. Ne•me•an (nɪˈmi ən, ˈni mi-) adj.

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Nemea - a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were heldEllas, Greece, Hellenic Republic - a republic in southeastern Europe on the southern part of the Balkan peninsula; known for grapes and olives and olive oil

Nemea

(nē`mēə, nĭmē`ə), city of ancient Greece, in N Argolis. At the temple of Zeus were held the Nemean games, which from 573 B.C. were one of the four Panhellenic festivals; the games were held in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad. Of Pindar's odes, 11 celebrate Nemean victories. The temple and palaestra have been excavated. Nemea is also the name of a river that formed the boundary of Corinth and Sicyon (near modern Sikión).

Nemea

(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

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noun a valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held

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