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Q: A fruit in greek mythology said to cause forgetfulness?
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Fruit which induced forgetfulness in Greek mythology?

the lotus fruit


What is the meaning of Aletheia in Greek mythology?

In Greek Aletheia means truth. In Greek mythology the waters of Lethe induced one into a state of forgetfulness. Literally aletheia means the opposite of the state of forgetfulness.


What is the Lethe river?

In Greek Mythology, Lethe is the Underworld river of oblivion/forgetfulness.


What does 'lethargic' mean in Greek mythology?

In Greek mythology, 'Lethe' was one of the rivers of the Underworld. It was the river of forgetfulness and oblivion. Hence, to be 'lethargic' means to be drowsy or sluggish.


What are Lethe and Nepenthe?

Nepenthe is in Greek Mythology (Odyssey) a medicine for sorrow, literally, an anti-depressant - a "drug of forgetfulness". Lethe is the Underworld river of oblivion/forgetfulness.


What is the origin of the word lethargy in Greek mythology?

"Lethargy" comes from "Lethe" the Underworld River of Forgetfulness/Oblivion.


In Greek mythology a fruit which induced forgetfulness?

In Homer's Odyssey the lotus tree fruit causes a pleasant drowsiness. The Lotus-eater or Lotophagi would only eat lotus and when they did they would forget about friends and family and desire to live in idleness.


Does making fun of Greek mythology insult Greeks?

Cause the greek were the ones that invented it


What figure from Greek mythology was thought to cause panic?

Pan


What did the Greek god pan die of?

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Where did the word amnesia come from?

Greek, for forgetfulness.


What does revenge have to do with greek mythology?

It's cause and effect, the bread and butter if you will of Greek mythology. Vengence, as an ideal, was so important to the Greeks that they personified the concept in Nemesis, goddess of retribution.