Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—N

Nemesis

Retribution, or rather the righteous anger of God. A female Greek deity, whose mother was Night.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Nemo Me Impune Lacessit
Nemean Lion
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