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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. [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')".
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 into mint.
Minthe: Elis daughter of Cocytus; loved by the god Hades but as punishment her boasts was transformed by Persephone or Demeter into a mint-plant Nacole: Phrygia eponym of Nacoleia Nais: Laconia wife of Silenus: Neaera: Thrace wife of the river-god Strymon, and mother of Evadne: Neaera: Lydia mother of Dresaeus by Theiodamas: Neis - mother of ...
Acanthus mollis on the ruins of the Palatine Hill, Rome.. Acantha (Ancient Greek: Ἀκάνθα, romanized: Akántha, lit. 'thorn' [1]) is often claimed to be a minor character in Greek mythology whose metamorphosis was the origin of the Acanthus plant. [2]
Britomartis (/ b r ɪ t oʊ ˈ m ɑːr t ɪ s /; [1] Ancient Greek: Βριτόμαρτις) was a Greek goddess of mountains and hunting, who was primarily worshipped on the island of Crete.
Leukothea, Goddess of Sailors. In Greek mythology, Leucothea (/ lj uː ˈ k oʊ θ i ə /; Ancient Greek: Λευκοθέα, romanized: Leukothéa, lit. 'white goddess'), sometimes also called Leucothoe (Ancient Greek: Λευκοθόη, romanized: Leukothóē), was one of the aspects under which an ancient sea goddess was recognized, in this case as a transformed nymph.
Hades fell in love with her and abducted her to the underworld.She lived out the span of her life in his realm, and when she died, the god turned her into a white poplar which he placed in the Elysian Fields.
In classical Greek mythology, Syrinx / ˈ s ɪ r ɪ ŋ k s / (Greek Σύριγξ) was an Arcadian nymph and a follower of Artemis, known for her chastity.Being pursued by Pan, she fled into the river Ladon, and at her own request was metamorphosed into a reed from which Pan then made his panpipes.