Mentha

Role: nymph · First appears: Fable 92

Fable 92

• with Persephone (Persephone is also called Proserpine.) “Proserpine was said to have changed the Nymph, ‘Mentha,’ into a plant of that name, which we call ‘mint.’”
• with Pluto (The footnote describes Mentha as intriguing with Pluto.) “Some writers say that she found her intriguing with Pluto while, according to other writers, she was the mistress of Pollux.”
• with Pollux (The footnote reports that Mentha was, according to some writers, the mistress of Pollux.) “Some writers say that she found her intriguing with Pluto while, according to other writers, she was the mistress of Pollux.”

⭐ Constellation map → · 📖 Read the original → · 🗂 Character index → · 🕰 Chronicle → · 📍 Places →

Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.