Nemesis
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Nemesis was not a goddess but the personification of a concept. The name "Nemesis" means "righteous anger." Her domain was retribution or just, fair revenge. Nemesis did not reside on Mount Olympus with the gods but rather on Earth with mortals. Today a nemesis is an evil opponent, someone who usually wins.
This story is derived from information in Mythology by Edith Hamilton, published by Little, Brown, and Co. of Boston, 1942.
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