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Nemesis

Nemesis may refer to:

Nemesis (mythology), the Greek goddess of retribution
Archenemy, the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction

Literature

Fiction
Nemesis (play), by Alfred Nobel
"Nemesis" (short story), by Arthur C. Clarke
Nemesis (Agatha Christie novel), a 1971 detective novel
Nemesis (Isaac Asimov novel), a 1989 science fiction novel
Nemesis (Nesbo novel), a 2002 crime novel in the Harry Hole series
Nemesis (Angel novel), a 2004 novel based on the Angel series
Nemesis (Philip Roth novel), a 2010 dramatic novel
Nemesis, a 2004 fantasy series by Wolfgang Hohlbein
Nemesis, a 1989 fantasy novel in the Indigo series by Louise Cooper
Nemesis, a 1998 thriller novel by Bill Napier

Nonfiction
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
Hitler 1936–1945: Nemesis, by Ian Kershaw
Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45, by Max Hastings
Nemesis: The Death Star, by Richard A. Muller
The Nemesis Affair: A Story of the Death of Dinosaurs and the Ways of Science by David M. Raup

Gaming

Nemesis (Magic: The Gathering)
Nemesis (role-playing game)
Nemesis (handheld game)
Nemesis (arcade game)
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, a 1999 video game
Nemesis (Resident Evil), a character in the game
Zork Nemesis, a computer game in the Zork series
Nemesis, a monster in the video game Dark Sector

Film and television

Nemesis (film), a 1992 science fiction film
"Nemesis" (Voyager episode)
"Nemesis" (Stargate SG-1)
Star Trek Nemesis, a 2002 film

Music

Performers

Nemesis (band), a South Korean rock band
Nemesis (Sri Lankan band), a heavy metal band
Nemesis (pop music duo)
Nemesis (rap crew)
Nemesis, a Swedish band featuring Leif Edling

Releases

Nemesis (album), by Grip Inc.
"Nemesis," a song by Arch Enemy on the album Doomsday Machine
"Nemesis," a song by Cradle of Filth on the album Nymphetamine
"Nemesis," a song by David Gray on the album Draw the Line
"Nemesis," a song by Aaron Parks on the album Invisible Cinema
"Nemesis," a song by Shriekback on the album Oil & Gold
"Nemesis," a song by TheStart on the album Shakedown!
"Nemesis," a song by VNV Nation on the album Judgement

Military and defense

HMS Nemesis, the name of several Royal Navy ships
USS Nemesis (1869), a U.S. Navy ship
HEIC Nemesis, a British warship used in the First Opium War
Operation Nemesis, a 1920s Armenian military operation
AN/AAQ-24 Nemesis, a directed infrared countermeasure system for aircraft defense

Other uses

Nemesis (comics), the name of several comics characters
Nemesis (Transformers), a fictional starship
Nemesis (drug)
Nemesis (operating system)
Nemesis (roller coaster)
Nemesis (star)
128 Nemesis, an asteroid
Bowler Nemesis, an off-road racing vehicle
Sharp Nemesis, a racing aircraft
A classification of emotion in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Nemesis" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Slovak, Finnish.

Translation(s) in other languages: German: Nemesis (Begriffsklärung), Spanish: Némesis (desambiguación), French: Némésis (homonymie), Korean: 네메시스 (동음이의), Hebrew: נמסיס (פירושונים), Japanese: ネメシス (曖昧さ回避), Portuguese: Nêmesis, Russian: Немезида (значения), Serbian: Немеза, Swedish: Nemesis (olika betydelser).


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