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 immediately but might wait generations to avenge a crime.
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, venatores and bestiarii were personally or professionally dedicated to her cult.
The word nemesis describes a rival who just somehow seems able to get the best of you. It can be someone you compete against, someone whose skills are nearly identical to yours and yet, your nemesis always seems to finish ahead of you, get a higher grade, and generally make you feel flustered.
Creator of the Power Universe, Courtney A. Kemp, is bringing a new crime drama, Nemesis, to Netflix, and it promises a whole new world of high-stakes action and daring burglary. Co-created with Tani Marole, Nemesis is the first series in a new creative partnership between Kemp and Netflix.
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Nemesis is the goddess of divine vengeance. She specifically seeks vengeance against those who commit an act of shameful hubris before the gods, such as committing evil deeds or accepting undeserved good fortune. The divine retribution doled out by Nemesis was thought to be inescapable.
Someone's nemesis is a person or thing that is very difficult for them to defeat. The tax increases proved to be the president's political nemesis. You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: The former is central to both liberalism and democracy; the latter is their nemesis.