Definition of Nemea

1. Noun. A valley in southeastern Greece where the Nemean Games were held.

Group relationships: Ellas, Greece, Hellenic Republic
Generic synonyms: Vale, Valley

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nemea

Nelson
Nelson's elk
Nelson Algren
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Nelson tumour
Nelumbo lutea
Nelumbo nucifera
Nelumbonaceae
Neman
Nemathelminthes
Nematodirella longispiculata
Nematodirus
Nematoidean
Nembutal
Nemea (current term)
Nemean
Nemean Games
Nemean Lion
Nemean lion
Nemertea
Nemesis
Nemetic
Nemophila aurita
Nemophila maculata
Nemophila menziesii
Nene
Nenets
Nenetsia
Nentsi

Literary usage of Nemea

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Greece: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1894)
"Thence via Nemea to the railway-station of that name, 2 hrs. $ see p. 241. The route to Solos (5 hra.) crosses the ridge above ..."

2. Pausanias, and Other Greek Sketches by James George Frazer (1900)
"The enemy watched the scene from the hills ; then, drawing together his beaten and scattered forces, fell sullenly back on Sicyon. XXI. Nemea. ..."

3. Handbook for Travellers in Greece: Describing the Ionian Islands, the by John Murray (Firm) (1854)
"It issues from the Argolic plain at its NW angle, passes over some low hills, then turns to the right, and arrives at Nemea; thence, bearing to the NE it ..."

4. The History of Thucydides by Thucydides (1829)
"Mitford well expresses it thus: " To prevent this invasion, they moved to a position on the road of Nemea; the only way by which a numerous army could ..."

5. Modern Greece: A Narrative of a Residence and Travels in that Country; with by Henry Martyn Baird (1856)
"The inferiority of the coarse, gray limestone of which the temple was constructed, but especially the distance of Nemea from any modern Greek city, ..."

6. A Classical and Topographical Tour Through Greece, During the Years 1801 by Edward Dodwell (1819)
"Tour of Argolis—To Nemea—Ruins of ... Ruins of Nemea—Village of ... of Atreus—Gate of the Lions—Acropolis—Cyclopian walls—Ruins of Tin ns—Nauplia. TO Nemea. ..."

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