In Greek mythology, Minthe (also Menthe, Mentha, Mintho; ) was a naiad associated with the river Cocytus. She was dazzled by Hades' golden chariot and was about to be seduced by him hadn't Queen Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe into the pungently sweet-smelling mint, which some call hedyosmus. The –nth– element in menthe's characteristic of a class of words borrowed from a pre-Greek language: compare acanthus, labyrinth, Corinth, etc. In ancient Greece, mint was used in… (More on Minthe)