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Μίνθη

Ηταν παλλακίδα του Αδη την οποία πάτησε η Κόρη και έγινε δυόσμος (=μίνθη) (Στράβ. 8,3,14).

Perseus: Strabo, Geography
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  Mintha or Minthe. A daughter of Cocytus, beloved by Hades, and metamorphosed by Demeter, or Persephone (Proserpina), into a plant called after her mintha, or mint. A hill near Pylos bore this name, and at its foot was a temple of Pluto and grove of Demeter.

Perseus: Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)
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