nepenthe

Noun

nepenthe (also nepenthes)

1. A drug described in Homer"s Odyssey that relieves one of emotional pain, grief or sorrow.

   Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore. The Raven by Edgar Allen Poe (1845)

2. Anything which effects the welcome forgetfulness of such sorrow.

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