Nepenthe facts for kids
For other uses, see Nepenthe (disambiguation).
Nepenthe /nɪˈpɛnθi/ (Ancient Greek: νηπενθές, nēpenthés) is a possibly fictional medicine for sorrow – a "drug of forgetfulness" mentioned in ancient Greek literature and Greek mythology, depicted as originating in Egypt.
The carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes is named after the drug nepenthe.
In the Odyssey
The word nepenthe first appears in the fourth book of Homer's Odyssey:
ἔνθ᾽ αὖτ᾽ ἄλλ᾽ ἐνόησ᾽ Ἑλένη Διὸς ἐκγεγαυῖα: |
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—Odyssey, Book 4, v. 219–221 |
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