Rating. NEMEA. National Emergency Management Executive Academy.

What is the meaning of Nemea?

Nemea in British English

(nɪˈmiːə ) noun. (in ancient Greece) a valley in N Argolis in the NE Peloponnese; site of the Nemean Games, a Panhellenic festival and athletic competition held every other year.

What was Nemea known for?

Nemea was famous in Greek myth as the home of the Nemean Lion, which was killed by the hero Heracles, and as the place where the infant Opheltes, lying on a bed of parsley, was killed by a serpent while his nurse Hypsipyle fetched water for the Seven against Thebes on their way from Argos to Thebes.