Crossword clues for nemea
nemea
- Where Hercules fought a lion
- Valley where Hercules slew a lion
- Site of a Herculean lion killing
- Site of the first labor of Hercules
- Site of ancient games
- Site of a Herculean feat
- Setting of Hercules' first labor
- Home to Hercules's lion
- Home of a mythological lion
- Home of a Herculean lion
- Ancient Greek games site
- Where Hercules strangled a lion
- Where Hercules killed the lion
- Whence the lion killed by Hercules
- Valley in Greece
- Valley in Argolis
- Valley in ancient Argolis
- Vale in Argolis
- Site of one of the 12 labors of Hercules
- Site of one of Hercules' labors
- Site of Hercules' lion-related labor
- Site of biennial ancient Greek games
- Site of a Herculean battle
- Lion's place in Greek myth
- Home of Hercules's leonine opponent
- Home of a lion of Greek myth
- Historical Greek city
- Hercules slew its lion
- Herculean labor site
- Battle site: 344 B.C
- Ancient Greek site where Hercules slew the lion
- Ancient Greek site of Hercules' first labor
- Site of a Hercules task
- Temple of Zeus site
- Site of Hercules' first labor
- Site of one of the labors of Hercules
- Temple of Zeus locale
- Lion's home, to Hercules
- Site of ancient biennial games
- Ancient Greek festival site
- Where Hercules slew the lion
- Scene of Hercules' first labor
- Ancient Greek city with a mythical lion
- Panhellenic Games site
- Where Hercules slew a lion
- Home of the lion that Hercules slew
- Labor site for Hercules
- Site of a Herculean labor
- Festival site in ancient Greece
- Site of ancient Greek games
- Site of games honoring Zeus
- Mythical lion's home
- Peloponnesian valley
- Whence came Hercules' lion
- Battle site: 394 B.C.
- Argolic valley of games
- Home of Hercules' lion
- Ancient Greek valley
- Hercules-vs.-lion site
- Greek valley
- Where Hercules got his lion
- Greek city
- Home of a mythical lion
- Home of a lion killed by Hercules
Wikipedia
Nemea (; ) is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in Argolis, it is today situated in the regional unit of Corinthia. The small village of Archaia Nemea (formerly known as "Koutsoumadi" and then "Iraklion") is immediately southwest of the archaeological site, while the new town of Nemea lies to the west.
Here in Greek mythology Heracles overcame the Nemean Lion of the Lady Hera, and here during Antiquity the Nemean Games were played, in three sequence, ending about 235 BCE, celebrated in the eleven Nemean odes of Pindar.
Nemea may refer to:
- Nemea, an ancient sanctuary and archaeological site in Greece, known for the Nemean lion
- Nemea (town), a town and municipality in Greece
- Néméa (also known as Fiametta), a ballet in four acts by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Ludwig Minkus (1863/1864)
- Archaia Nemea, a village near Nemea in Greece
- Nemea (moth), a genus of moths of the Thyrididae family
- Nemea Bank plc, a pan-European bank domiciled in Malta
Nemea is a town in Corinthia, Greece, and the seat of municipality with the same name . It is located a few kilometres west of ancient Nemea, with a population of under four thousand people.