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Nemea Nemeia
Nemea,
Nemeia
Of Nemea (town) |
NEMEA was the Naiad Nymph of the springs of the town of Nemea in Argos (southern Greece). She was a daughter of the local river-god Asopos.
Nemea was probably identical to Pandeia, a daughter of Zeus and Selene, and was perhaps also identified with Langia, the Nymph of the town's spring.
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[1.1] ASOPOS (Pausanias 2.15.3 & 5.22.6)
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ZEUS & SELENE (Scholiast on Pindar's Nemean Ode) |
ENCYCLOPEDIA
NE′MEA (Nemea), a daughter of Asopus, from whom the district of Nemea between Cleonae and Phlius in Argolis was said to have received its name. (Paus. ii. 15. § 3, v. 22. § 5.)
Source: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology.
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"The land [of Nemea, Argos] was named, they say, after Nemea, who was another daughter of Asopos." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 2.15.3
"The Phliasians also dedicated [at Olympia] a Zeus, the daughters of Asopos, and Asopos himself. Their images have been ordered thus: Nemea is the first of the sisters, and after her comes Zeus seizing Aigina; by Aigina stands Harpina." - Pausanias, Guide to Greece 5.22.6
"Aristophon painted Nemea [goddess of the town of Nemea] with Alkibiades [an historical Athenian statesman] seated in her arms; whereat the people were delighted, and ran in crowds to see the picture." - Plutarch, Lives Alcibiades 16.5
The Scholiast on Pindar's Nemean Odes tells us that Nemeia was a daughter of Zeus and Selene.
Sources:
- Pausanias, Guide to Greece - Greek Geography C2nd AD
- Plutarch, Lives - Greek Historian C1st-2nd AD
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