1) Ancient relative of LSD 2) Drink of forgetfulness 3) Drug for the Lotus-Eaters 4) LSD of ancient times 5) Pain-killer 6) Potion to dull sorrow 7) This makes one forget sorrow 8) Windows game
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1) Nepenthes
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Nepenthe i: (νηπενθές) is a medicine for sorrow, literally an anti-depressant – 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. ==Description in the Odyssey== The word nepenthe first appears in .....
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something, such as a drink, capable of making one forget suffering
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• (n.) A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting. • (n.) A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comforting.Nepenthe: w...
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(from the article `Darley, George`) poet and critic little esteemed by his contemporaries but praised by 20th-century writers for his intense evocation, in his unfinished lyrical epic ...
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(from the article `anesthetic`) Drugs of various kinds have been used for many centuries to reduce the distress of surgical operations. Homer wrote of nepenthe, which was probably ...
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Ne·pen'the noun [ Fr. Greek ... removing all sorrow; hence, an epithet of an Egyptian drug which lulled sorrow for the day; ... not + ... sorrow, grief.] A drug used by the ancients to give relief from pain and sorrow; -- by some supposed to have been opium or hasheesh. Hence, anything soothing and comfort...
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a drug or drink, or the plant yielding it, mentioned by ancient writers as having the power to bring forgetfulness of sorrow or trouble. · anything inducing a pleasurable sensation of forgetfulness, esp. of sorrow or trouble.
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