From Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities, edited by Harry Thurston Peck; New York: Harper and brothers Publishers; 1897; pp. 1073-1117.
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Priestess of Bacchus with a Nebris. (Hamilton’s vases, i. 37.)
Nebris. (from νεβρός). A faun-skin; worn originally by hunters, but assumed by Bacchanals; and in works of art forming a part of the attire of Pan and of the satyrs.
[See nebris used by Statius here on this site. — Elf.Ed.]
Nebrissa, or Colonia Venerea Nebrissa,. A town of the Turdetani, in Hispania Baetica, northeast of Gades and southwest of Hispalis. It is now Lebrija.
Nebrōdes,. The principal chain of mountains in Sicily, running through the whole of the island, and forming a continuation of the Apennines.
Necessitas. (Causei, Museum-Romanum.)
Necessĭtas. (Άνάγκη). A goddess regarded as superior even to the gods themselves, since she represented the Inevitable. At Corinth there was a
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temple dedicated to Άνάγκη and Βία (Force), which no one was permitted to enter (Pausan. ii. 4, 6). Among the Romans her symbol is the nail, as fixing fast the decrees of Fate. See Hor. Carm. i. 35, 17.
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Nectar,. The drink of the Greek gods (see AMBROSIA), which Homer describes as a red beverage (Il. xix. 38) poured out by Hebé for the immortals (Il. iv. 20m 1).