Nemean Games

American  

noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held at Nemea in the second and fourth year of each Olympiad.

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Etymology

Origin of Nemean Games

First recorded in 1650–60

Example Sentences

Nemean Games, one of the four great national festivals of Greece, and celebrated every other year.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

The Olympic and Nemean Games were held in honour of Zeus, the Pythian, of Apollo, the Isthmean, of Poseidon.

From The Greek View of Life by Dickinson, G. Lowes (Goldsworthy Lowes)

Not long after he competed at the Nemean Games and was victor in the racing.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

The Nemean Games, celebrated in the forest of Nemea, the scene of his first great labor, were the principal games held in Greece in commemoration of his noble deeds and early death.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)