Nepenthe
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Nepenthe Template:IPAc-en (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "lang".) is a possibly fictional medicine for sorrow – a "drug of forgetfulness" mentioned in ancient Greek literature and Greek mythology, depicted as originating in Egypt.[1]
The carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes is named after the drug nepenthe.
In the Odyssey
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Analysis
Figuratively, nepenthe means "that which chases away sorrow". Literally it means 'not-sorrow' or 'anti-sorrow': Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., i.e. "not" (privative prefix),[2] and Script error: No such module "Lang"., from Script error: No such module "Lang"., Script error: No such module "lang"., i.e. "grief, sorrow, or mourning".[3]
In the Odyssey, νηπενθές φάρμακον : Script error: No such module "lang". (i.e. an anti-sorrow drug) is a magical potion given to Helen by Polydamna, the wife of the noble Egyptian Thon; it quells all sorrows with forgetfulness.
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