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The meaning of the word "Nemesis" in English


Nemesis n. : The goddess of retribution or vengeance; hence, retributive justice personified; divine vengeance.

Example:
How did The Odyssey tie in with the whole concept of hubris and Nemesis?

Taxonomy
Nemesis, goddess, free encyclopedia, mother goddess, personified, Greek mythology, Rhamnous, daughter of Justice, sanctuary, divine retribution, Rome, resentment, balancer, 2nd century, epithet, cult, worshipped, Greek.

Defination from the web:
Nemesis (in Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia ("the goddess of Rhamnous") at her sanctuary at Rhamnous north ... Nemesis appears in a still more concrete form in a fragment of the epic Cypria. ... 

synonyms
  (noun) bane
  (noun) curse
  (noun) scourge
  (noun) Nemesis
  (noun) affliction
  (noun) Greek deity


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