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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')".
Theseus (UK: / ˈ θ iː sj uː s /, US: / ˈ θ iː s i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Θησεύς [tʰɛːsěu̯s]) was a divine hero in Greek mythology, famous for slaying the Minotaur.The myths surrounding Theseus, his journeys, exploits, and friends, have provided material for storytelling throughout the ages.
Persephone was born so deformed that Rhea ran away from her frightened, and did not breastfeed Persephone. [56] Zeus then mates with Persephone, who gives birth to Dionysus. She later stays in her mother's house, guarded by the Curetes. Rhea-Demeter prophecies that Persephone will marry Apollo.
A votive plaque known as the Ninnion Tablet depicting elements of the Eleusinian Mysteries, discovered in the sanctuary at Eleusis (mid-4th century BC). The Eleusinian Mysteries (Greek: Ἐλευσίνια Μυστήρια, romanized: Eleusínia Mystḗria) were initiations held every year for the cult of Demeter and Persephone based at the Panhellenic Sanctuary of Eleusis in ancient Greece.
In other versions, Persephone herself is the one who kills and turns Minthe into a plant for sleeping with Hades. [ 129 ] [ 130 ] [ 131 ] In an Argive myth, when Demeter arrived in Argolis , a man named Colontas refused to receive her in his house, whereas his daughter Chthonia disapproved of his actions.
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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.
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