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In ancient Greek religion and myth, Nemesis (/ ˈ n ɛ m ə s ɪ s /; Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις, romanized: Némesis) also called Rhamnousia (or Rhamnusia; Ancient Greek: Ῥαμνουσία, romanized: Rhamnousía, lit.
A new temple to both the goddesses Themis and Nemesis was built over the remains. Others argue that the temple was destroyed towards the close of the Peloponnesian War by the Persian allies of Sparta. [8] Construction of the larger temple to Nemesis [9] began around 460–450 BC and continued until 430–420. It was probably erected in honour ...
Hostis humani generis (Latin for 'an enemy of mankind') is a legal term of art that originates in admiralty law.Before the adoption of public international law, pirates and slavers were generally held to be beyond legal protection and so could be dealt with by any nation, even one that had not been directly attacked.
Also deadly Nyx bare Nemesis (Revenge) to afflict mortal men, and after her, Apate (Deceit) and Philotes (Friendship) and hateful Geras (Old Age) and hard-hearted Eris (Strife). — Hesiod , Theogony 211, translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White
Strabo tells us that according to Antimachus, Adrastus "was the first to build an altar to [Nemesis] beside the stream of the Aesepus River", [30] and that according to the fourth-century BC historian Callisthenes (FGrHist 124 F 28), "Adrasteia was named after King Adrastus, who was the first to found a temple of Nemesis". [31]
Sure, in the penultimate episode of Cobra Kai's final season, Kreese confronts his friend-turned-nemesis Terry Silver (Thomas Ian Griffith) on the latter's yacht, determined to stop him from ...
Nemesis, character created by author Jeremy Robinson; Nemesis, one of the main antagonists from the video game Fire Emblem: Three Houses; Nemesis, one of the main antagonists from the video game Yandere Simulator; Others. Nemesis, a fictional planet in the Sailor Moon Japanese adventure series; Nemesis, an elite German squadron in Secret ...
The word archenemy originated around the mid-16th century, from the words arch-[3] (from Greek ἄρχω archo meaning 'to lead') and enemy. [1]An archenemy may also be referred to as an archrival, [4] archfoe, [5] archvillain, [6] or archnemesis, [7] but an archenemy may also be distinguished from an archnemesis, with the latter being an enemy whom the hero cannot defeat (or who defeats the ...