Nemea (mythology)

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In Greek mythology, Nemea (/ˈnmiə/; Ancient Greek: Νεμέα or Νεμέαν means 'wooded district') was the eponymous nymph of Nemea, a district between Cleonae and Phlius in Argolis.[1]

Family

Nemea was one of the

In some account, Nemea's parentage is attributed to Zeus and Selene.[13][14]

Notes

  1. ^ Pausanias, 2.15.3
  2. ^ Pausanias, 2.15.3 & 5.22.6
  3. ^ Diodorus Siculus, 4.72.1
  4. ^ Pausanias, 1.35.2
  5. ^ Pausanias, 2.5.1-2, 2.29.2 & 5.22.6
  6. ^ Pausanias, 2.5.2 & 5.22.6
  7. ^ Pausanias, 2.6.1 & 2.6.4
  8. ^ Pausanias, 2.15.1
  9. ^ Pausanias, 5.22.6
  10. ^ Pausanias, 9.1.1-2 & 9.3.1
  11. ^ Pausanias, 9.4.4
  12. ^ Pausanias, 9.20.1
  13. ^ Scholia on Pindar, Nemean Odes p. 425, ed. Böckh
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