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Nemean lion , in Greek mythology, an enormous lion, said to be the offspring of Echidna and Typhon. It was invulnerable to all weapons until Hercules, in his first labor, strangled it with his bare hands. He then wore its pelt.

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Nemean lion in Greek mythology, a monstrous lion which terrorized the Nemea, a wooded district near Argos in ancient Greece, until killed by Hercules as the first of his twelve labours.

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