Nemʹean Lion (The)
.The first of the labours of Hereulēs was to kill the Nemean lion (of Arʹgolis), which kept the people in constant alarm. Its skin was so tough that his club made no impression on the beast, so Hercules caught it in his arms and squeezed it to death. He ever after wore the skin as a mantle.
“Ere Nemes’s boast resigned his shaggy spolls.”
