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What (who) is Nepenthe - definition

FICTIONAL MEDICINE IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY, KNOWING FOR ALLAYING PAIN AND SOOTHING SORROWS
Nepenth

Nepenthe         
·noun 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         
Nepenthe (, ) is a fictional medicine for sorrow – a "drug of forgetfulness" mentioned in ancient Greek literature and Greek mythology, depicted as originating in Egypt..
Nepenthe (video game)         
2018 VIDEO GAME
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Nepenthe is an entirely hand-drawn role-playing video game for Microsoft Windows and macOS. It was released May 17, 2018, on Steam by American indie developer Yitz, and utilizes the RPG Maker MV game engine.

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Nepenthe

Nepenthe (Ancient Greek: νηπενθές, nēpenthés) 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.

Examples of use of Nepenthe
1. Based on what we saw during Katrina and other disasters, we know we can only rely on ourselves and our neighbors." Greg Ambrosio, who lives next to Nepenthe, signed a waiver Wednesday night to stay in his house.
2. Kirk Gafill, general manager of Nepenthe, said he and five employees were up all night trying to protect the cliffside restaurant his grandparents built in 1'4'. Wearing dust masks, the crew scrambled to stamp out embers, some the size of dinner plates, that were dropping from the sky, he said.