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NEMEAN GAMES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Nemean Games mean? 

NEMEAN GAMES (noun)
  The noun NEMEAN GAMES has 1 sense:

1. the ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiadplay

  Familiarity information: NEMEAN GAMES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NEMEAN GAMES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The ancient Panhellenic games held biennially at Nemea in the second and fourth years of each Olympiad

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("Nemean Games" is a kind of...):

agon (a festivity in ancient Greece at which competitors contended for prizes)


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