Nepenthe

Nepenthe is a possibly fictional medicine for sorrow – a "drug of forgetfulness" mentioned in ancient Greek literature and Greek mythology, depicted as originating in Egypt. The carnivorous plant genus Nepenthes is named after the drug nepenthe. In the Odyssey The word first appears in the fourth book of Homer's Odyssey: Analysis Figuratively, nepenthe means "that which chases away sorrow". Literally it means 'not-sorrow' or 'anti-sorrow': , , i.e. "not" (privative prefix), and , from , , i.e. "grief, sorrow, or mourning".