August 23 was the day of the festival of Nemesis for the ancient Greeks (although some sources say it fell on August 21), and it was a time to honor this goddess of revenge and divine retribution. She was invoked against those whose hubris and arrogance got the better of them, and served as a force of divine reckoning. During the Imperial period of Rome, Nemesis was adopted as a patroness of victorious generals, and of gladiators entering the arena.
At one point, there was a cult of Nemesis-Fortuna, which honored Nemesis as the deliberate balance to the random chance of Fortuna's selections. She also appears in both Greek and later Roman mythology as an avenging force protecting those who have been violently wronged by their lovers: Who Was Nemesis?
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At one point, there was a cult of Nemesis-Fortuna, which honored Nemesis as the deliberate balance to the random chance of Fortuna's selections. She also appears in both Greek and later Roman mythology as an avenging force protecting those who have been violently wronged by their lovers: Who Was Nemesis?
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