In Greek mythology, Minthe (also Menthe, Mintha or Mentha; Greek: - TopicsExpress



          

In Greek mythology, Minthe (also Menthe, Mintha or Mentha; Greek: Μίνθη or Μένθη) was a naiad associated with the river Cocytus. She was dazzled by Hades golden chariot and was about to seduce him had not Queen Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe into the pungently sweet-smelling mint, which some call hedyosmus. The –nth– element in menthe is characteristic of a class of words borrowed from a pre-Greek language: compare acanthus, labyrinth, Corinth, etc..
Posted on: Sun, 07 Sep 2014 11:40:02 +0000

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