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The naiad Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
In Hesiod, prayers to Zeus-Chthonios (chthonic Zeus) and Demeter help the crops grow full and strong. [31] This was her main function at Eleusis, and she became panhellenic. In Cyprus, "grain-harvesting" was damatrizein. Demeter was the zeidoros arοura, the Homeric "Mother Earth arοura" who gave the gift of cereals (zeai or deai). [32] [33]
Free is the second studio album by English rock band Free, recorded and released in 1969. It saw the burgeoning of the songwriting partnership between Paul Rodgers and 16-year-old bassist Andy Fraser; eight of the nine songs are credited to the two. The album performed poorly, failing to chart in the UK and in the US. [2]
Today is a studio album released in 1988 by the American R&B group Today. [1] The album was the group's debut album, and included the charting singles "Girl I Got My Eyes On You", "Take It Off" and "Him or Me".
Persephone or Demeter or Hades: Minthe was a Naiad nymph of the Underworld who became a mistress of Hades, the god of the dead, that was turned into mint, either by his wife Persephone (out of anger), Persephone's mother Demeter (avenging her daughter) or alternatively Persephone tore her into pieces, and it was Hades who turned his dead lover ...
Minthe is a water naiad of the Cocytus River, found in the Underworld by Persephone. In Persephone the Grateful, Persephone helps Minthe with the Cocytus River, but the rest of the MOA think she smells bad, like the river. Minthe is briefly jealous of Persephone but in the end she becomes Persephone's friend and stays with her in the Underworld.
Today is the 29th studio album by Perry Como. It was his final album for RCA Records and of his 55-year music career. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This is also the penultimate recording ever made by Perry Como, the last being for a Christmas television special in 1994.
Free broke up in 1971 due to tensions between members of the band. [1] In September, the group's first live album Free Live! was released, reaching number 4 on the UK Albums Chart and number 89 on the Billboard 200. [3] [6] The non-album single "My Brother Jake", released the same year, peaked at number 4 in the UK. [4]