2006-09-29 19:29:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
As a simple answer to your question,I can tell you that Nemesis was the goddes of revenge,who Zeus send to kill mortals who made unforgivable things.Her weapon was an arrow bow.
2006-09-30 06:49:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The nemesis of who?
If you are looking for the easy "who is the equivalent of the devil in Greek mythology?" It would be Hades.
Keep in mind that the good v. evil in Greek mythology is only loosely close to Biblical mythology because they are an amalgam of beliefs. Not one that preceded the other or one that is correct v. one that is wrong.
2006-09-30 03:02:08 · answer #2 · answered by youngliver2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dug up the following online:
"Nemesis was daughter of Nyx (the goddess of night ) and Erebus (some say the Titans Oceanus and/or Tethys) Others say Nyx alone without a father.
Nemesis: (Which means righteous anger, due enactment, or divine vengeance.)
Other Names: Adrastea (The Greek word meaning: "She whom none can escape."), or Rhamnusia (Her home was at Attic Rhamnus).
Some say Helen (of Troy) was a daughter of Nemesis and Zeus who changed herself into a goose to seduced her to produce a silver egg which was brought to Leda; Others say Zeus seduced Leda.
Nemesis rode in a chariot, pulled by griffins in place of horses.
Symbols and attributes : Wheel of fortune, Ship's Rudder, an apple branch, rein, bridle or yoke, lash or scourge, sword, balance or measuring-rod. .
An example: Narcissus. beautiful son of the River Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. Was handsome and women seen him once and fell in love with him. The vain Narcissus, only had eyes for himself rejected all admirers.
Nemesis condemned the vain Narcissus to spend the rest of his life admiring his own reflection in the waters of a pool and eventually Narcissus died and was changed into the flower that bears his name."
But that's just dry words.
All I know of Nemesis is that there is a Nemeseum, a small shrine dedicated to her, in the Amphitheatre of Chester, not too far from where I live.
Archaeological examination of the dig site revealed that, at one time, a statue of Nemesis once stood in the Nemeseum on a podium inscribed with a Latin prayer. Warriors practicing and entertaining in the Amphitheatre made orayers and offerings to her before engaging in their combats, hoping that genuine valour and courage would rightly win the day.
I've actually seen the podium itself, as well as the shrine to Minerva, Roman Goddess of Art, Knowledge and Warfare, in another part of the city.
Nothing compares to the feel of being in the presence of living history.
2006-09-30 07:24:51 · answer #3 · answered by fiat_knox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nemesis was the messenger of Justice, and the goddess of retribution.
2006-09-30 04:00:42 · answer #4 · answered by atreadia 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Goddess of retribution and justice. As far as I know, no pictures of her exists.
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2006-09-30 04:10:10 · answer #5 · answered by Seph7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You wish to know this history?
Here is your source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis_%28mythology%29
2006-09-30 02:33:40 · answer #6 · answered by Investigation Specialist 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋