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href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lle%C3%B3n_de_Nemea" title="Lleón de Nemea – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Lleón de Nemea" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D1%8F%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%9E" title="Нямейскі леў – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Нямейскі леў" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D1%8A%D0%B2" title="Немейски лъв – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Немейски лъв" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemejski_lav" title="Nemejski lav – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Nemejski lav" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Nemea" title="Leon Nemea – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Leon Nemea" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lle%C3%B3_de_N%C3%A8mea" title="Lleó de Nèmea – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Lleó de Nèmea" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemejsk%C3%BD_lev" title="Nemejský lev – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Nemejský lev" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemeischer_L%C3%B6we" title="Nemeischer Löwe – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Nemeischer Löwe" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemea_l%C3%B5vi" title="Nemea lõvi – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Nemea lõvi" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%AD%CF%89%CE%BD_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9D%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%AD%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Λέων της Νεμέας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Λέων της Νεμέας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea" title="León de Nemea – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="León de Nemea" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemea_leono" title="Nemea leono – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Nemea leono" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemeako_lehoia" title="Nemeako lehoia – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Nemeako lehoia" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C" title="شیر نیمیایی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شیر نیمیایی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_de_N%C3%A9m%C3%A9e" title="Lion de Némée – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Lion de Némée" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea" title="León de Nemea – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="León de Nemea" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%84%A4%EB%A9%94%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98_%EC%82%AC%EC%9E%90" title="네메아의 사자 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="네메아의 사자" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%86%D5%A5%D5%B4%D5%A5%D5%B5%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%B5%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%AE" title="Նեմեյան առյուծ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Նեմեյան առյուծ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemejski_lav" title="Nemejski lav – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Nemejski lav" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singa_Nemea" title="Singa Nemea – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Singa Nemea" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemulj%C3%B3n" title="Nemuljón – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Nemuljón" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leone_di_Nemea" title="Leone di Nemea – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Leone di Nemea" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%9E%D7%A0%D7%9E%D7%90%D7%94" title="האריה מנמאה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="האריה מנמאה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98" title="ნემეის ლომი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ნემეის ლომი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8B" title="Немей арыстаны – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Немей арыстаны" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_Nemeaeus" title="Leo Nemeaeus – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Leo Nemeaeus" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C4%93mejas_lauva" title="Nēmejas lauva – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Nēmejas lauva" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9iw_vun_Nemea" title="Léiw vun Nemea – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Léiw vun Nemea" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nem%C4%97jos_li%C5%ABtas" title="Nemėjos liūtas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Nemėjos liūtas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemeai_oroszl%C3%A1n" title="Nemeai oroszlán – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Nemeai oroszlán" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2" title="Немејски лав – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Немејски лав" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9B%E1%83%94%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AF%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D" title="ნემეიშ ნჯილო – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ნემეიშ ნჯილო" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mni mw-list-item"><a href="https://mni.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%83%EA%AF%A4%EA%AF%8C%EA%AF%A5%EA%AF%9F_%EA%AF%85%EA%AF%A3%EA%AF%A1%EA%AF%81%EA%AF%A5" title="ꯅꯤꯃꯤꯌꯥꯟ ꯅꯣꯡꯁꯥ – Manipuri" lang="mni" hreflang="mni" data-title="ꯅꯤꯃꯤꯌꯥꯟ ꯅꯣꯡꯁꯥ" data-language-autonym="ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ" data-language-local-name="Manipuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ꯃꯤꯇꯩ ꯂꯣꯟ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neme%C3%AFsche_leeuw" title="Nemeïsche leeuw – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Nemeïsche leeuw" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%8D%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC%E3%81%AE%E7%8D%85%E5%AD%90" title="ネメアーの獅子 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ネメアーの獅子" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B8ven_fra_Nemea" title="Løven fra Nemea – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Løven fra Nemea" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%B8va_fr%C3%A5_Nemea" title="Løva frå Nemea – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Løva frå Nemea" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lew_nemejski" title="Lew nemejski – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Lew nemejski" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%C3%A3o_de_Nemeia" title="Leão de Nemeia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Leão de Nemeia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leul_din_Nemeea" title="Leul din Nemeea – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Leul din Nemeea" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru badge-Q17559452 badge-recommendedarticle mw-list-item" title="recommended article"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B2" title="Немейский лев – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Немейский лев" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_lion" title="Nemean lion – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Nemean lion" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B2" title="Немејски лав – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Немејски лав" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemejski_lav" title="Nemejski lav – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Nemejski lav" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemean_leijona" title="Nemean leijona – Finnish" lang="fi" 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searchaux" style="display:none">One of the lions killed by Hercules</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the other lion killed by Hercules, see <a href="/wiki/Lion_of_Cithaeron" title="Lion of Cithaeron">Lion of Cithaeron</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_(M.A.N._Madrid)_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_01.jpg/220px-Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="176" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_01.jpg/330px-Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_01.jpg/440px-Mosaico_Trabajos_H%C3%A9rcules_%28M.A.N._Madrid%29_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3350" data-file-height="2673" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a> slaying the Nemean lion. Detail of a Roman mosaic from <a href="/wiki/Lliria,_Spain" class="mw-redirect" title="Lliria, Spain">Llíria</a> (Spain).</figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Nemean lion</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>/</a></span></span>; <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1248666159">.mw-parser-output .tfd-dated{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .tfd-default{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);clear:both;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tfd-tiny{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .tfd-inline{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1)}.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{border-bottom:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);text-align:center;position:relative}@media(min-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .tfd-sidebar{clear:right;float:right;width:22em}}</style><span class="tfd tfd-dated tfd-tiny"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2024_November_12#Template:Lang-grc-gre" title="Wikipedia:Templates for discussion/Log/2024 November 12">‹See Tfd›</a></span><a href="/wiki/Greek_language" title="Greek language">Greek</a>: <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language text"><span lang="grc">Νεμέος λέων</span></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Greek" title="Romanization of Greek">translit.</a></small> <span title="Ancient Greek (to 1453)-language romanization"><i lang="grc-Latn"><i>Neméos léōn</i></i></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Latin_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Latin language">Latin</a>: <i lang="la">Leo Nemeaeus</i>) was a monster in <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a> that lived at <a href="/wiki/Nemea" title="Nemea">Nemea</a>. Eventually, it was killed by <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a> (Hercules). Because its golden fur was impervious to attack, it could not be killed with mortals' weapons. Its claws were sharper than mortals' swords and could cut through any strong armour. In <i><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Photius)" title="Bibliotheca (Photius)">Bibliotheca</a></i>, <a href="/wiki/Photius" class="mw-redirect" title="Photius">Photius</a> wrote that the dragon <a href="/wiki/Ladon_(mythology)" title="Ladon (mythology)">Ladon</a>, who guarded the <a href="/wiki/Golden_apple" title="Golden apple">golden apples</a>, was his brother.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Parents">Parents</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nemean_lion&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Parents"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a> has the Nemean lion as the offspring of <a href="/wiki/Orthus" class="mw-redirect" title="Orthus">Orthus</a> and an ambiguous "she", often understood as probably referring to the Chimera, or possibly to <a href="/wiki/Echidna_(mythology)" title="Echidna (mythology)">Echidna</a> or even <a href="/wiki/Ceto" title="Ceto">Ceto</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Hesiod, the lion was raised by <a href="/wiki/Hera" title="Hera">Hera</a> and sent to terrorise the hills of Nemea.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Apollodorus</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-Apollod_2.5.1_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apollod_2.5.1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> he was the offspring of <a href="/wiki/Typhon" title="Typhon">Typhon</a>. In another tradition, told by <a href="/wiki/Claudius_Aelianus" title="Claudius Aelianus">Aelian</a> (citing Epimenides) and <a href="/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginus" title="Gaius Julius Hyginus">Hyginus</a>, the lion was "sprung from" the moon-goddess <a href="/wiki/Selene" title="Selene">Selene</a>, who threw him from the Moon at Hera's request.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="First_labour_of_Heracles">First labour of Heracles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nemean_lion&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First labour of Heracles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Heracles_and_the_Nemea_Lion_Pieter_Paul_Rubens.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Heracles_and_the_Nemea_Lion_Pieter_Paul_Rubens.jpg/220px-Heracles_and_the_Nemea_Lion_Pieter_Paul_Rubens.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Heracles_and_the_Nemea_Lion_Pieter_Paul_Rubens.jpg/330px-Heracles_and_the_Nemea_Lion_Pieter_Paul_Rubens.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Heracles_and_the_Nemea_Lion_Pieter_Paul_Rubens.jpg/440px-Heracles_and_the_Nemea_Lion_Pieter_Paul_Rubens.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3595" data-file-height="2161" /></a><figcaption><i>Hercules' fight with the Nemean lion</i>, <a href="/wiki/Pieter_Paul_Rubens" class="mw-redirect" title="Pieter Paul Rubens">Pieter Paul Rubens</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The first of <a href="/wiki/Heracles" title="Heracles">Heracles</a>' <a href="/wiki/Labours_of_Hercules" title="Labours of Hercules">twelve labours</a>, set by King <a href="/wiki/Eurystheus" title="Eurystheus">Eurystheus</a> (his cousin), was to slay the Nemean lion. </p><p>Heracles wandered the area until he came to the town of <a href="/wiki/Cleonae_(Argolis)" title="Cleonae (Argolis)">Cleonae</a>. There, he met a boy who said that if Heracles slew the Nemean lion and returned alive within 30 days, the town would sacrifice a lion to Zeus; if he did not return within 30 days or he died, the boy would sacrifice himself to Zeus.<sup id="cite_ref-Apollod_2.5.1_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Apollod_2.5.1-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another version claims that he met Molorchos, a shepherd who had lost his son to the lion, saying that if he came back within 30 days, a ram would be sacrificed to <a href="/wiki/Zeus" title="Zeus">Zeus</a>. If he did not return within 30 days, it would be sacrificed to the dead Heracles as a mourning offering. </p><p>While searching for the lion, Heracles fetched some arrows to use against it, not knowing that its golden fur was impenetrable; when he found the lion and shot at it with his bow, he discovered the fur's protective property when the arrow bounced harmlessly off the creature's thigh. After some time, Heracles made the lion return to his cave. The cave had two entrances, one of which Heracles blocked; he then entered the other. In those dark and close quarters, Heracles stunned the beast with his club. He eventually killed it by strangling it with his bare hands. </p><p>After slaying the lion, he tried to skin it with a knife from his belt, but failed. He then tried sharpening the knife with a stone and even tried with the stone itself. Finally, <a href="/wiki/Athena" title="Athena">Athena</a>, noticing the hero's plight, told Heracles to use one of the lion's own claws to skin the pelt. </p><p>When Heracles returned on the thirtieth day carrying the carcass of the lion on his shoulders, King Eurystheus was amazed and terrified. Eurystheus forbade him ever again to enter the city; in the future, he was to display the fruits of his labours outside the city gates. Eurystheus warned him that the tasks set for him would become increasingly difficult. He then sent Heracles off to complete his next quest, which was to destroy the <a href="/wiki/Lernaean_Hydra" title="Lernaean Hydra">Lernaean Hydra</a>. </p><p>Heracles wore the Nemean lion's coat after killing it, as it was impervious to the elements and all but the most powerful weapons. Others say that Heracles' armour was, in fact, the hide of the <a href="/wiki/Lion_of_Cithaeron" title="Lion of Cithaeron">Lion of Cithaeron</a>. </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Alexander_of_Myndus" title="Alexander of Myndus">Alexander of Myndus</a>, Heracles was helped in this labour by an <a href="/wiki/Gaia_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaia (mythology)">Earth</a>-born <a href="/wiki/Dragons_in_Greek_mythology" title="Dragons in Greek mythology">serpent</a>, which followed him to <a href="/wiki/Thebes,_Greece" title="Thebes, Greece">Thebes</a> and settled down in <a href="/wiki/Aulis_(ancient_Greece)" title="Aulis (ancient Greece)">Aulis</a>. It was later identified as the water snake which devoured the sparrows and was turned into stone in the prophecy about the <a href="/wiki/Trojan_War" title="Trojan War">Trojan War</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_art">In art</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nemean_lion&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: In art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herakles_Nemean_lion_BM_B621.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oinochoe, 520–500 BC, from Vulci"><img alt="Oinochoe, 520–500 BC, from Vulci" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Herakles_Nemean_lion_BM_B621.jpg/79px-Herakles_Nemean_lion_BM_B621.jpg" decoding="async" width="79" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Herakles_Nemean_lion_BM_B621.jpg/119px-Herakles_Nemean_lion_BM_B621.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Herakles_Nemean_lion_BM_B621.jpg/158px-Herakles_Nemean_lion_BM_B621.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="2120" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Oinochoe" class="mw-redirect" title="Oinochoe">Oinochoe</a>, 520–500 BC, from <a href="/wiki/Vulci" title="Vulci">Vulci</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Herakles_Nemean_lion_Louvre_L31.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="White-ground lekythos, ca. 500-475 BC, from Athens, by Diosphos Painter"><img alt="White-ground lekythos, ca. 500-475 BC, from Athens, by Diosphos Painter" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Herakles_Nemean_lion_Louvre_L31.jpg/95px-Herakles_Nemean_lion_Louvre_L31.jpg" decoding="async" width="95" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Herakles_Nemean_lion_Louvre_L31.jpg/143px-Herakles_Nemean_lion_Louvre_L31.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Herakles_Nemean_lion_Louvre_L31.jpg/191px-Herakles_Nemean_lion_Louvre_L31.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1660" data-file-height="2090" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">White-ground <a href="/wiki/Lekythos" title="Lekythos">lekythos</a>, ca. 500-475 BC, from <a href="/wiki/Athens" title="Athens">Athens</a>, by <a href="/wiki/Diosphos_Painter" title="Diosphos Painter">Diosphos Painter</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Met,_gandhara,_hercules_and_the_nemean_lion,_1st_century.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Gandhara, India, 1st century"><img alt="Gandhara, India, 1st century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Met%2C_gandhara%2C_hercules_and_the_nemean_lion%2C_1st_century.JPG/120px-Met%2C_gandhara%2C_hercules_and_the_nemean_lion%2C_1st_century.JPG" decoding="async" width="120" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Met%2C_gandhara%2C_hercules_and_the_nemean_lion%2C_1st_century.JPG/180px-Met%2C_gandhara%2C_hercules_and_the_nemean_lion%2C_1st_century.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Met%2C_gandhara%2C_hercules_and_the_nemean_lion%2C_1st_century.JPG/240px-Met%2C_gandhara%2C_hercules_and_the_nemean_lion%2C_1st_century.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2142" data-file-height="1662" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Gandhara" title="Gandhara">Gandhara</a>, India, 1st century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mathura_statue_of_Herakles_strangling_the_Nemaean_lion.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Herakles fighting the Nemean lion, Mathura art, India.[8][failed verification]"><img alt="Herakles fighting the Nemean lion, Mathura art, India.[8][failed verification]" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mathura_statue_of_Herakles_strangling_the_Nemaean_lion.jpg/76px-Mathura_statue_of_Herakles_strangling_the_Nemaean_lion.jpg" decoding="async" width="76" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mathura_statue_of_Herakles_strangling_the_Nemaean_lion.jpg/115px-Mathura_statue_of_Herakles_strangling_the_Nemaean_lion.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Mathura_statue_of_Herakles_strangling_the_Nemaean_lion.jpg/153px-Mathura_statue_of_Herakles_strangling_the_Nemaean_lion.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="913" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Mathura_Herakles" title="Mathura Herakles">Herakles fighting the Nemean lion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathura_art" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathura art">Mathura art</a>, India.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (August 2023)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Antalya_Museum_-_Sarkophag_3_Herkules_und_Nem%C3%A4ischer_L%C3%B6we.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Roman-era relief, 2nd century"><img alt="Roman-era relief, 2nd century" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Antalya_Museum_-_Sarkophag_3_Herkules_und_Nem%C3%A4ischer_L%C3%B6we.jpg/90px-Antalya_Museum_-_Sarkophag_3_Herkules_und_Nem%C3%A4ischer_L%C3%B6we.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Antalya_Museum_-_Sarkophag_3_Herkules_und_Nem%C3%A4ischer_L%C3%B6we.jpg/135px-Antalya_Museum_-_Sarkophag_3_Herkules_und_Nem%C3%A4ischer_L%C3%B6we.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Antalya_Museum_-_Sarkophag_3_Herkules_und_Nem%C3%A4ischer_L%C3%B6we.jpg/180px-Antalya_Museum_-_Sarkophag_3_Herkules_und_Nem%C3%A4ischer_L%C3%B6we.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman-era</a> <a href="/wiki/Relief_sculpture" class="mw-redirect" title="Relief sculpture">relief</a>, 2nd century</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Il_moderno,_ercole_con_il_leone_neemeo,_1488-89.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Renaissance plaque by Galeazzo Mondella"><img alt="Renaissance plaque by Galeazzo Mondella" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Il_moderno%2C_ercole_con_il_leone_neemeo%2C_1488-89.JPG/92px-Il_moderno%2C_ercole_con_il_leone_neemeo%2C_1488-89.JPG" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Il_moderno%2C_ercole_con_il_leone_neemeo%2C_1488-89.JPG/138px-Il_moderno%2C_ercole_con_il_leone_neemeo%2C_1488-89.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Il_moderno%2C_ercole_con_il_leone_neemeo%2C_1488-89.JPG/183px-Il_moderno%2C_ercole_con_il_leone_neemeo%2C_1488-89.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1328" data-file-height="1736" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> plaque by Galeazzo Mondella</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H%C3%A9rcules_lucha_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea,_por_Zurbar%C3%A1n.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (1634)"><img alt="Painting by Francisco de Zurbarán (1634)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/H%C3%A9rcules_lucha_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea%2C_por_Zurbar%C3%A1n.jpg/120px-H%C3%A9rcules_lucha_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea%2C_por_Zurbar%C3%A1n.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/H%C3%A9rcules_lucha_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea%2C_por_Zurbar%C3%A1n.jpg/180px-H%C3%A9rcules_lucha_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea%2C_por_Zurbar%C3%A1n.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/H%C3%A9rcules_lucha_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea%2C_por_Zurbar%C3%A1n.jpg/240px-H%C3%A9rcules_lucha_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea%2C_por_Zurbar%C3%A1n.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3051" data-file-height="2494" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Painting by <a href="/wiki/Francisco_de_Zurbar%C3%A1n" title="Francisco de Zurbarán">Francisco de Zurbarán</a> (1634)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lucha_de_Heracles_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marble by J.M. Félix Magdalena (b. 1941)"><img alt="Marble by J.M. Félix Magdalena (b. 1941)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lucha_de_Heracles_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea.jpg/120px-Lucha_de_Heracles_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lucha_de_Heracles_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea.jpg/180px-Lucha_de_Heracles_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Lucha_de_Heracles_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea.jpg/240px-Lucha_de_Heracles_con_el_le%C3%B3n_de_Nemea.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2269" data-file-height="1870" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Marble by <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Manuel_F%C3%A9lix_Magdalena" class="extiw" title="es:José Manuel Félix Magdalena">J.M. Félix Magdalena</a> (b. 1941)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M%C3%A8topa_del_temple_de_Zeus_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia_amb_representaci%C3%B3_d%27H%C3%A8racles_i_el_lle%C3%B3_de_Nemea_(Museu_Arqueol%C3%B2gic_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Temple of Zeus at Olympia metope 1"><img alt="Temple of Zeus at Olympia metope 1" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/M%C3%A8topa_del_temple_de_Zeus_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia_amb_representaci%C3%B3_d%27H%C3%A8racles_i_el_lle%C3%B3_de_Nemea_%28Museu_Arqueol%C3%B2gic_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia%29.jpg/106px-M%C3%A8topa_del_temple_de_Zeus_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia_amb_representaci%C3%B3_d%27H%C3%A8racles_i_el_lle%C3%B3_de_Nemea_%28Museu_Arqueol%C3%B2gic_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="106" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/M%C3%A8topa_del_temple_de_Zeus_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia_amb_representaci%C3%B3_d%27H%C3%A8racles_i_el_lle%C3%B3_de_Nemea_%28Museu_Arqueol%C3%B2gic_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia%29.jpg/159px-M%C3%A8topa_del_temple_de_Zeus_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia_amb_representaci%C3%B3_d%27H%C3%A8racles_i_el_lle%C3%B3_de_Nemea_%28Museu_Arqueol%C3%B2gic_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/M%C3%A8topa_del_temple_de_Zeus_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia_amb_representaci%C3%B3_d%27H%C3%A8racles_i_el_lle%C3%B3_de_Nemea_%28Museu_Arqueol%C3%B2gic_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia%29.jpg/212px-M%C3%A8topa_del_temple_de_Zeus_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia_amb_representaci%C3%B3_d%27H%C3%A8racles_i_el_lle%C3%B3_de_Nemea_%28Museu_Arqueol%C3%B2gic_d%27Ol%C3%ADmpia%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2416" data-file-height="2732" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Temple_of_Zeus,_Olympia" title="Temple of Zeus, Olympia">Temple of Zeus at Olympia</a> metope 1</div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nemean_lion&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/History_of_lions_in_Europe" title="History of lions in Europe">History of lions in Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Mythological_lions" title="Category:Mythological lions">List of mythological lions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lion_of_Cithaeron" title="Lion of Cithaeron">Lion of Cithaeron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kangla_Sha" class="mw-redirect" title="Kangla Sha">Kangla Sha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nongshaba" class="mw-redirect" title="Nongshaba">Nongshaba</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsavo_Man-Eaters" title="Tsavo Man-Eaters">Tsavo Man-Eaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mfuwe_man-eating_lion" title="Mfuwe man-eating lion">Mfuwe man-eating lion</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Panthera_spelaea" title="Panthera spelaea">Panthera spelaea</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Smilodon" title="Smilodon">Smilodon</a></i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nemean_lion&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2BALAwAAQBAJ"><i>Mythographi Graeci. Volumen I</i></a> (in Greek). Рипол Классик. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-5-87455-463-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-5-87455-463-7"><bdi>978-5-87455-463-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Mythographi+Graeci.+Volumen+I&rft.pub=%D0%A0%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB+%D0%9A%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BA&rft.isbn=978-5-87455-463-7&rft.au=Apollodorus&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D2BALAwAAQBAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANemean+lion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://remacle.org/bloodwolf/erudits/photius/ptolemee.htm">"Bibliothèque de Photius : 190. Ptolémée Chennus, Nouvelle Histoire"</a>. <i>remacle.org</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=remacle.org&rft.atitle=Biblioth%C3%A8que+de+Photius+%3A+190.+Ptol%C3%A9m%C3%A9e+Chennus%2C+Nouvelle+Histoire.&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fremacle.org%2Fbloodwolf%2Ferudits%2Fphotius%2Fptolemee.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANemean+lion" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The referent of "she" at <a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a>, <i>Theogony</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.29.xml">326</a> is uncertain, see Clay, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=2etBN0w0NGUC&pg=PA159">pp. 159–160, with n. 34</a>; Most, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.29.xml">p. 29 n. 20</a> ("Probably Chimaera"); Hard, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA63">p. 63</a> ("Chimaira (or conceivably with his mother Echidna)"); Gantz, p. 23 ("[Chimera] ... or just possibly Echidna"); Caldwell, p. 47 lines 326 ("either Echidna or Chimaira"); West 1966, p. 356 line 326 <b>ἡ δ' ἄρα</b> ("much more likely ... Chimaera" than Echidna).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Theogony" title="Theogony">Theogony</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/hesiod-theogony/2018/pb_LCL057.29.xml">327–329</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Apollod_2.5.1-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Apollod_2.5.1_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Apollod_2.5.1_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Bibliotheca_(Pseudo-Apollodorus)" title="Bibliotheca (Pseudo-Apollodorus)">Apollodorus</a>, 2.5.1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Hard, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC&pg=PA256">p. 256</a>; <a href="/wiki/Claudius_Aelianus" title="Claudius Aelianus">Aelian</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.attalus.org/translate/animals12.html">12.7</a>; <a href="/wiki/Hyginus" class="mw-redirect" title="Hyginus">Hyginus</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Fabulae" class="mw-redirect" title="Fabulae">Fabulae</a></i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~harsch/Chronologia/Lspost02/Hyginus/hyg_fabu.html#c30">30</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Daniel Ogden, <i>Drakon: Dragon Myth and Serpent Cult in the Greek and Roman Worlds</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170729230651/http://www2.nau.edu/~d-ctel/hum/hum362/slideshows/Kushan_Mathura/images/img0073.jpg">"Archived copy"</a>. 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Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 383–384. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8018-4410-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8018-4410-X"><bdi>0-8018-4410-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Early+Greek+Myth%3A+A+Guide+to+Literary+and+Artistic+Sources&rft.pages=383-384&rft.pub=Johns+Hopkins+University+Press&rft.date=1993&rft.isbn=0-8018-4410-X&rft.aulast=Gantz&rft.aufirst=Timothy&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fearly-greek-myth-a-guide-timothy-gantz%2Fpage%2F382%2Fmode%2F2up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANemean+lion" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHard2004" class="citation book cs1">Hard, Robin (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=r1Y3xZWVlnIC"><i>The Routledge Handbook of Greek Mythology: Based on H.J. Rose's "Handbook of Greek Mythology"</i></a>. Psychology Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780415186360" title="Special:BookSources/9780415186360"><bdi>9780415186360</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Routledge+Handbook+of+Greek+Mythology%3A+Based+on+H.J.+Rose%27s+%22Handbook+of+Greek+Mythology%22&rft.pub=Psychology+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=9780415186360&rft.aulast=Hard&rft.aufirst=Robin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dr1Y3xZWVlnIC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANemean+lion" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hesiod" title="Hesiod">Hesiod</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Theogony" title="Theogony">Theogony</a></i>, in <i>Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia,</i> Edited and translated by Glenn W. Most. <a href="/wiki/Loeb_Classical_Library" title="Loeb Classical Library">Loeb Classical Library</a> No. 57. Cambridge, Massachusetts, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>, 2018. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-99720-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-99720-2">978-0-674-99720-2</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL057/2018/volume.xml">Online version at Harvard University Press</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_W._Most" title="Glenn W. Most">Most, G.W.</a>, <i>Hesiod, Theogony, Works and Days, Testimonia,</i> Edited and translated by Glenn W. Most, <a href="/wiki/Loeb_Classical_Library" title="Loeb Classical Library">Loeb Classical Library</a> No. 57, Cambridge, Massachusetts, <a href="/wiki/Harvard_University_Press" title="Harvard University Press">Harvard University Press</a>, 2018. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-674-99720-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-674-99720-2">978-0-674-99720-2</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.loebclassics.com/view/LCL057/2018/volume.xml">Online version at Harvard University Press</a>.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSmith1873" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)" title="William Smith (lexicographer)">Smith, William</a> (1873). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0104:entry=heracles-bio-1&highlight=orthrus"><i>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology</i></a>. London.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+Greek+and+Roman+Biography+and+Mythology&rft.place=London&rft.date=1873&rft.aulast=Smith&rft.aufirst=William&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.perseus.tufts.edu%2Fhopper%2Ftext%3Fdoc%3DPerseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aentry%3Dheracles-bio-1%26highlight%3Dorthrus&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANemean+lion" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_book" title="Template:Cite book">cite book</a>}}</code>: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (<a href="/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_location_missing_publisher" title="Category:CS1 maint: location missing publisher">link</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWest" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Martin_Litchfield_West" title="Martin Litchfield West">West, M. 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