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'''Polydamna''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ɪ|ˈ|d|æ|m|n|ə}}; [[Ancient Greek]]: Πολύδαμνα ''Polúdamna'') is an [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] figure from [[Greek mythology]]. |
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'''Polydamna''' is a figure from Greek mythology. |
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== Mythology == |
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Mentioned in [[Homer]]’s [[Odyssey]], she is the mistress of '''Lord Thôn'''. They are Egyptian. Polydamna gave Helen, wife of [[Menelaus]], a drug that has “the power of robbing grief and anger of their sting and banishing all painful memories”<sup>1</sup>''. |
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Mentioned in [[Homer]]’s ''[[Odyssey]]'',<ref name="Odyssey">Homer. ''Odyssey'' 4.228</ref> Polydamna was the wife of Thōn (Θῶν, [[genitive|gen]]: Θῶνος), often known as "Thon the Egyptian", owing to his Egyptian heritage. Polydamna gave [[Helen of Troy|Helen]], wife of [[Menelaus]], [[nepenthe]] (i.e., a drug that has "the power of robbing grief and anger of their sting and banishing all painful memories") and which Helen slipped into the wine that [[Telemachus]] and Menelaus were drinking. |
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==Note== |
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Helen slips the drug into [[Telemachus]]’ wine in Book IV of Homer’s Odyssey. |
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== References == |
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1. Homer.''Odyssey'' 4.200 |
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* [[Homer]], [[Odyssey|''The Odyssey'']] with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. {{ISBN|978-0674995611|}}. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0136 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.] [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.01.0135 Greek text available from the same website]. |
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Latest revision as of 02:32, 26 April 2023
Polydamna (/ˌpɒlɪˈdæmnə/; Ancient Greek: Πολύδαμνα Polúdamna) is an Egyptian figure from Greek mythology.
Mythology
[edit]Mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey,[1] Polydamna was the wife of Thōn (Θῶν, gen: Θῶνος), often known as "Thon the Egyptian", owing to his Egyptian heritage. Polydamna gave Helen, wife of Menelaus, nepenthe (i.e., a drug that has "the power of robbing grief and anger of their sting and banishing all painful memories") and which Helen slipped into the wine that Telemachus and Menelaus were drinking.
Note
[edit]- ^ Homer. Odyssey 4.228
References
[edit]- Homer, The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919. ISBN 978-0674995611. Online version at the Perseus Digital Library. Greek text available from the same website.
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