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👤 Nemesis

  • <span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8188815" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8188815">🌍 Athens (Attica) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="8195133" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_8195133">🌍 Smyrna (Ionia) </span><span class="separator"> </span><span class="a type-6580" data-type_id="6580" data-object_id="10272206" id="y:ui_data:show_project_type_object-6580_10272206">🌍 Rhamnous (Attica) </span>
  • Alternative names
    Nemeseis (pl.)
    Information
    personification of retribution
    Daughter of
    👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Nyx
    Mother of
    👤 Helen 👥 the Telchines
    Has children with
    👤 Zeus 👤 Tartaros
    Divine patron of
    🌍 River Aisepos (Asia Minor) 🌍 the Plain of Nepeia (Asia Minor)
    Cult sites
    🏛️ the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous (Attica)🌍 Rhamnous (Attica) 🌍 the Sanctuary of Nemesis at Adrasteia (Troad)
    Related Entities
    👤 Agamemnon 👤 Agraulos (d. of Cecrops) 👤 Antigone (Theban) 👤 Aphrodite 👤 Artemis 👤 Athena 👤 Capaneus 👤 Castor (Spartan) 👤 Eris 👤 Hera 👤 Oceanos (Titan) 👤 Rhea 👤 Zeus 👤 Hermione (Spartan) 👥 the Hesperides 🌍 the Acropolis of Athens👤 Helen 👤 Polydeuces (Spartan) 👤 Leda 👤 Menelaos 👥 the Moirai 👤 Neoptolemos 👤 Selene 👤 Teiresias 👤 Tyndareos 🌍 River Oceanos (unlocatable) 👥 the Telchines🌍 Thebes (Boiotia) 👤 Tartaros 🌍 River Aisepos (Asia Minor) 👤 Nyx 👤 Moros 👤 Thanatos 👤 Hypnos 👥 the Oneiroi 👤 Momos 👤 Oizys 👤 Apate 👤 Philotes 👤 Geras 👤 Ker 👤 Narcissos 🏺 the Egg of Nemesis 👤 Hippeus (Spartan) 🏛️ the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnous (Attica)🌍 Rhamnous (Attica) 🏛️ the Spring of Narcissos (Boiotia)🌍 the Sanctuary of Nemesis at Adrasteia (Troad)🌍 the Plain of Nepeia (Asia Minor)
    Mentioned by
    📖 Apollodoros, Library 3.10.7📖 Pausanias 1.33.3📖 Pausanias 1.33.7📖 Pausanias 1.33.8📖 Pausanias 1.33.2📖 Pausanias 7.5.2-7.5.3📖 Hesiod, Theogony 211-232📖 Euripides, Phoenician Women 145-190📖 Cypria fr. 10 West📖 Cypria fr. 11 West📖 Bacchylides fr. 52📖 Lucian, On the Syrian Goddess 31-32📖 Pomponius Mela 2.46📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 2.708-2.832📖 Ovid, Metamorphoses 3.339-3.510📖 Callimachus, Hecale fr. 116 Hollis📖 Callimachus fr. 464 Pfeiffer
    Mentioned in Text
    Apollodoros, LibraryHesiod, Theogony CypriaPausaniasEuripides, Phoenician WomenBacchylidesLucian, On the Syrian GoddessPomponius MelaCallimachusOvid, MetamorphosesCallimachus, Hecale
    Depictions
    🎨 Wall Paintings from Casa del Citarista I 4, 5.25, Pompeii (MANN 112282, 111472, 120034; PALP r1-i4-p5-space-20)
    Reported depictions
    🏛️ the Temple of the Syrian Goddess at Hierapolis (Syria) 🎨 Cult Statue of Nemesis in Rhamnous (LIMC Agamemnon 4)
    Relevant to local traditions reported from of
    🌍 Athens (Attica) 🌍 Smyrna (Ionia) 🌍 Rhamnous (Attica)
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