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nepenthe
Nepenthe () is a medicine for sorrow, literally an anti-depressant – 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.
==Description in the Odyssey==
The word ''nepenthe'' first appears in the fourth book of Homer's ''Odyssey'':
Figuratively, nepenthe means "that which chases away sorrow". Literally it means 'not-sorrow' or 'anti-sorrow': νη, ''ne'', i.e. "not" (privative prefix), and πενθές, from πένθος, ''penthos'', i.e. "grief, sorrow, or mourning".〔.〕 In the ''Odyssey'', in the passage quoted above, ''nepenthes pharmakon'' (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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