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  1. NEMESIS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance, a deity who doled out rewards for noble acts and punishment for evil ones. The Greeks believed that Nemesis didn't always punish an offender …

  2. Nemesis - Wikipedia

    Nemesis was one of several tutelary deities of the drill-ground (as Nemesis campestris). Modern scholarship offers little support for the once-prevalent notion that arena personnel such as gladiators, …

  3. Nemesis - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Use the word nemesis to describe someone or something that always causes you major problems, like the runner on another school's track team who, for years, has been beating your time by a fraction of …

  4. Nemesis – Mythopedia

    Mar 8, 2023 · Nemesis, daughter of Nyx, was the divine personification of retribution. Often imagined as a beautiful goddess wielding the scales and rod of justice, Nemesis was known widely as an avenger …

  5. Nemesis:: The Goddess of Retribution - Greek Mythology

    Nemesis, in Greek mythology, was the goddess of divine retribution and revenge. She was revered and feared as a deity who delivered justice, especially against those guilty of hubris, the sin of excessive …

  6. NEMESIS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat.

  7. Nemesis | Goddess, Retribution, Vengeance | Britannica

    Nemesis, in Greek religion, two divine conceptions, the first an Attic goddess, the daughter of Nyx (Night), and the second an abstraction of indignant disapproval, later personified.