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'''Nemesis''' is the [[Greece|Greek]] personification of divine retribution and punishment for excess. She is the goddess who takes rightful vengeance in cases of hubris. Later on she also became the avenger of crime, like murder and other grave cases.


'''Nemesis''' is the [[Greece|Greek]] goddess of divine retribution. She is the goddess who takes rightful vengeance in cases of hubris. Later on she also became the avenger of crime, like murder and other grave cases.
She is the sister of the the [[Fates|Moirai]], the {{Wiki|Keres}}, the {{Wiki|Oneiroi}}, [[Eris]] and {{Wiki|Apate}}. In some tales she's the daughter of [[Zeus]], and in others the child of {{Wiki|Erebus}} and {{Wiki|Nyx}}.{{Cite}}


She is the sister of the the [[Fates|Moirai]], the {{Wiki|Keres}}, the {{Wiki|Oneiroi}}, [[Eris]] and {{Wiki|Apate}}. In some tales she's the daughter of [[Zeus]], and in others the child of {{Wiki|Erebus}} and {{Wiki|Nyx}}.
During the [[Peloponnesian War]], the [[Sparta]]n ''[[Mercenary|misthios]]'' [[Kassandra]] visited a [[Statue of Nemesis|statue]] personifying the goddess on the shores of [[Oropos Heights]] in [[Boeotia]].<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''</ref>


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==References==
==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Odyssey]]''
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Nemesis is the Greek personification of divine retribution and punishment for excess. She is the goddess who takes rightful vengeance in cases of hubris. Later on she also became the avenger of crime, like murder and other grave cases.

She is the sister of the the Moirai, the Keres, the Oneiroi, Eris and Apate. In some tales she's the daughter of Zeus, and in others the child of Erebus and Nyx. [citation needed]

During the Peloponnesian War, the Spartan misthios Kassandra visited a statue personifying the goddess on the shores of Oropos Heights in Boeotia.[1]

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