Nemesis: Greek Myth vs. Resident Evil

So I was sitting in my TA class which teaches the classic texts (such as Homer, for those who aren't familiar with it), and the teacher mentioned Nemesis. Of course the first thing I though was "OMG Resident Evil!"

Nemesis is the Greek goddess of indignation against, and retribution for, evil deeds and undeserved good fortune. She was a personification of the resentment aroused in men by those who committed crimes with apparent impunity, or who had inordinate good fortune. (picture shows Nemesis, left, pointing with a dissaproving finger as Helene is persuaded by Aphrodite to elope with Paris. Tykhe, her sister, is presumably here a dispensor of ill-fortune.)



Nemesis first appears in Resident Evil 3 as the game's title character and primary antagonist. The product of years of research, and named after the "Goddess of Vengeance", the prototype is deployed by the Umbrella Corporation to hunt and kill all surviving members of S.T.A.R.S. (Special Tactics And Rescue Squad) as a field test and as revenge for the destruction of the original Tyrant.