in pagan worship, the daughter of Jupiter and Necessity, or, according to others, of Oceanus and Nemesius Nox, and who had the care of revenging the crimes which human justice left unpunished. She was also called Adrastea, because Adrastus king of Argos was the first who raised her an altar; and Rhamnusia, from her having a magnificent temple at Rhamnus in Attica. She had likewise a temple in the Capitol at Rome. Nemesis is represented with a stern countenance, holding a whip in one hand and a pair of scales in the other.