Talk:Alma Nemes (Orlando di Lasso)

Nemes?

Not a character in standard mythology books, Nemes turns up as an Hungarian name and Nemessag is "nobility" in Hungarian, while Alma is a cognate of Turkish Elma. Are we dealing with a play on Nemes alma, apparently a highly cultivated apple variety? Richard Mix (talk) 22:14, 9 September 2018 (UTC) Bergquist is of the opinion that it refers to a singer, from the circle of the Antwerp banker Stephano Gentile, who adopted a "pseudo-antique" nickname based on Nemesis. Hmm… Richard Mix (talk) 03:46, 13 September 2018 (UTC)