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Headword: *neme/sia
Adler number: nu,159
Translated headword: Nemesia, Nemeseia
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Demosthenes in the [speech] Against Spoudias [sc. mentions it].[1] Perhaps a particular festival of Nemesis, at which they used to perform the customary rites for the dead.
So [the] Nemesia [was] the celebration held for the dead, since nemesis is assigned to the dead.
Greek Original:
*neme/sia: *dhmosqe/nhs e)n tw=| kata\ *spoudi/ou. mh/pote e(orth/ tis *neme/sews, kaq' h(\n toi=s katoixome/nois e)pete/loun ta\ nomizo/mena. *neme/sia ou)=n h( e)pi\ toi=s nekroi=s ginome/nh panh/guris, e)pei\ h( ne/mesis e)pi\ tw=n nekrw=n te/taktai.
Notes:
The first paragraph here follows Harpokration s.v. (via Photius nu108 Theodoridis); the second Photius nu107 Theodoridis.
[1] Demosthenes 41.11.
Reference:
OCD4 Nemesis
Keywords: daily life; definition; ethics; religion; rhetoric
Translated by: David Whitehead on 10 December 2000@09:55:16.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (supplemented translation, set status) on 10 December 2003@18:17:02.
David Whitehead (augmented note and keywords) on 11 December 2003@03:01:53.
David Whitehead (tweaks) on 12 July 2011@09:10:21.
David Whitehead on 5 June 2013@08:52:24.
David Whitehead on 7 August 2014@04:17:59.
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