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'''Polydamna''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ɪ|ˈ|d|æ|m|n|ə}} ({{lang-grc-gre|Πολύδαμνα}} ''Polúdamna'') is an [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] figure from [[Greek mythology]].
'''Polydamna''' {{IPAc-en|ˌ|p|ɒ|l|ɪ|ˈ|d|æ|m|n|ə}} ({{lang-grc-gre|Πολύδαμνα}} ''Polúdamna'') is an [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] figure from [[Greek mythology]].


Mentioned in [[Homer]]’s [[Odyssey]],<ref name="Odyssey">Homer. ''Odyssey'' 4.228</ref> she is the wife of Thōn (Θῶν, [[genitive|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.
Mentioned in [[Homer]]’s ''[[Odyssey]]'',<ref name="Odyssey">Homer. ''Odyssey'' 4.228</ref> she is the wife of Thōn (Θῶν, [[genitive|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.


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Revision as of 08:17, 14 September 2021

Polydamna /ˌpɒlɪˈdæmnə/ (‹See Tfd›Greek: Πολύδαμνα Polúdamna) is an Egyptian figure from Greek mythology.

Mentioned in Homer’s Odyssey,[1] she is 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.

References

  1. ^ Homer. Odyssey 4.228