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Minthe
In Greek mythology, Minthe (also Menthe, Mintha or Mentha; (ギリシア語:Μίνθη or Μένθη)) was a naiad associated with the river Cocytus. She was dazzled by Hades and was about to seduce him had not Queen Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call ''hedyosmon'' (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".〔Strabo, ''Geographica'' VIII.3.14.〕 The ''–nth–'' element in ''menthe'' is characteristic of a class of words borrowed from a pre-Greek language: compare ''acanthus'', labyrinth, Corinth, etc.. In ancient Greece, mint was used in funerary rites, together with rosemary and myrtle, and not simply to offset the smell of decay; mint was an element in the fermented barley drink called the ''kykeon'' that was an essential preparatory entheogen for participants in the Eleusinian mysteries, which offered hope in the afterlife for initiates.〔Kerenyi 1967〕 ==Notes==
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