Nemean lion
The Nemean lion is a monstrous lion in Greek mythology. Ceto is possibly the mother of the Nemean lion by her grandson Orthrus. It was eventually slain by Heracles as the first of his twelve labors.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 200
- Historical notes
- Associated with the myth of Heracles.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Chimera, Colchian dragon, Agathyrsus, Gelonus, Scythes, Scylla, Cerberus, Caucasian Eagle, Orthrus, Lernaean Hydra, Gorgons, Medusa, Euryale, Ladon, Pemphredo, Enyo, Sthenno, Dino, Persis, Hesperides, Zeus, Athena
- sibling of
- sphinxes
- created by
- Ceto
- enemy of
- Hēraklēs
Mentioned by
- Scylla
- Cerberus
- Caucasian Eagle
- Orthrus
- Lernaean Hydra
- Gorgons
- Medusa
- Euryale
- Ladon
- Pemphredo
- Enyo
- Sthenno
- Dino
- Persis
- Hesperides
- Zeus
and 4 more
Sources
Source passages
“Ceto is possibly the mother of the Nemean lion and the Sphinx by her grandson Orthrus.”
#5995 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Hesiod next names two more descendants of Echidna, the Sphinx, a monster with the head of a woman and the body of a winged lion, and the Nemean lion, killed by Heracles as his first labor. According to Hesiod, these two were the offspring of Echidna's son Orthrus”
#6201 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“On one side the battle between Herakles and the Nemean lion is depicted – one of the twelve labours which the son of Zeus had to perform in the service of King Eurystheus.”
#45588 · extracted by nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b:free