Nemea

Nemea, anciently the name of a deep and well-watered valley of Argolis, in the Peloponnesus, between Cleonæ and Phlius. It lies north and south, and is from two to three miles long and more than half a mile broad. It possessed a sacred grove, with a magnificent temple of Zeus, and was celebrated for the games called the Nemean Games, one of the great national festivals of the Greeks. See ATHLETIC SPORTS.