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== Mythology ==
== Mythology ==
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.
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.


==Note==
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== Reference ==
== References ==


* [[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].
* [[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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Polydamna (/ˌpɒlɪˈdæmnə/; Ancient Greek: Πολύδαμνα Polúdamna) is an Egyptian figure from Greek mythology.

Mythology

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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

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  1. ^ Homer. Odyssey 4.228

References

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  • 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.