Statue of Nemesis

The Statue of Nemesis

The Statue of Nemesis was a marble statue erected on the shores of Oropos Heights in Boeotia, Greece.

Made by the Athenian sculptor Phidias from a block of marble Persians had brought to the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, the statue gazed over the Euripos Strait as a personification of divine retribution and punished excess instead of the trophy pedestal the Persians had intended.

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited the statue.

Behind the scenes

The statue used in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey for Nemesis is based on Pietro Bazzanti's 19th century sculpture of the Greek goddess Hebe. The same statue is mostly used for Demeter in the same game, and for Hygieia and Cyrene in Assassin's Creed: Origins.

The Greek traveler and geographer Pausanias wrote the story of the student of Phidias, Agorakritos, crafting a statue out of marble brought by Persians, for the city of Rhamnous, the most important site for the worship of the deity in ancient Greece. The city was located south of the Marathon Beach, however, not in Boeotia.

Despite considered a Historical Site in-game, the Discovery Tour does not recognize it as such.

Appearances

• Assassin's Creed: Odyssey