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Nemesis

Némesis, filha de Nix (Noite) e de Oceano, representa abstracta e simbolicamente a vingança divina. Tal como as Erínias combate o crime, principalmente o da hybris, que leva os mortais a ultrapassar os limites da condição humana. Não poupa o orgulho dos poderosos, a vaidade dos ricos, a violência dos criminosos.

Nemesis, the daughter of Nyx (Night) and Ocean, abstractly and symbolically represents the divine vengeance. Like the Furies fight crime, especially that of hubris, which leads mortals to overcome the limits of the human condition. Does not save the pride of the powerful, the vanity of the rich, the violence of criminals.

Unknown-'Nemesis or Victory'-Hadrian (117-138 AD) denarius (probably refer to the Roman defeat of Jewish rebels in the Bar Kuchba war)

Albrecht Dürer (1471-1525)-'Nemesis or Good Fortune' 'das grosse Gluck'-engraving-ca 1502 Karlsruhe-Staatliche Kunsthalle

Paolo Caliari or Veronese (1528-1588)-'Nemesis'-(1650-1651)-fresco Maser-Villa Barbaro

Alfred Rethel (1816-1859)-'Nemesis'-oil on canvas-1827 St Petersburg-Hermitage

Unknown (2nd century AD)-'Nemesis'-statue (found in Egypt-dedicated by Ptollanubis) Paris-Musée du Louvre (Ma 4873)

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