Nemesis was the Greek goddess of vengeance, a deity who doled out rewards for noble acts and punishment for evil ones. The Greeks believed that Nemesis didn't always punish an offender immediately but might wait generations to avenge a crime.
Nemesis, in Greek mythology, was the goddess of divine retribution and revenge. She was revered and feared as a deity who delivered justice, especially against those guilty of hubris, the sin of excessive pride or arrogance before the gods.
Nemesis, in Greek religion, two divine conceptions, the first an Attic goddess, the daughter of Nyx (Night), and the second an abstraction of indignant disapproval, later personified.