![]() ![]() The Naiad nymph Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead. The word has been also found in a Bronze Age tablet, spelled in Linear B as □□ (mi-ta). The -nth-/ -nthos- element in menthe has been described as a characteristic of a class of words borrowed from a Pre-Greek language: compare akanthos, labyrinthos, Korinthos, and hyakinthos. According to Robert Beekes, it is of undoubtedly pre-Greek origin due to the variant ending in "-ᾰ". The ancient Greek noun μίνθη or μίνθα translates to 'mint'. The plant was also called by some as Hedyosmos (ἡδύοσμος), which means "sweet-smelling". She was beloved by Hades, the King of the Underworld, and became his mistress, but she was transformed into a mint plant by either his wife Persephone or his sister and mother-in-law Demeter. In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, Minthe (also spelled Menthe, Mintha or Mentha Ancient Greek: Μίνθη or Μένθη or Μίντη) is an Underworld Naiad nymph associated with the river Cocytus. ![]()
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