Nemean lion

American  

noun

Classical Mythology.

1. a powerful lion strangled by Hercules as one of his labors.

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Nemean lion British  

noun

1. Greek myth an enormous lion that was strangled by Hercules as his first labour

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Nemean lion

This statue of Herakles-Vajrapani depicts him as a faithful defender of Buddha, wearing the head of the Nemean lion he famously slew and holding his sacred sword at repose.

From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2021

Chenel has brought a commanding, full-height Roman statue from the second century A.D., depicting Hercules wearing the skin of the Nemean lion.

From New York Times ● May 4, 2017

He leads armies and battles all manner of man and beast, including undead soldiers, the hellhound Cerberus, the invulnerable Nemean lion and the multi-headed serpent the Hydra.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2014

Or if thou, Phoebus, beside the Nemean lion fierce Wert driving now thy chariot, flames should seize The universe and set the air ablaze.

From Pharsalia; Dramatic Episodes of the Civil Wars by Lucan

Hercules performs his first labor with Nemean lion, 455-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert