Thone
Preserved but no longer current.
In Greek mythology the governor of a province of Egypt to which, it is said by post-Homeric poets, Paris took Helen, who was given by Polydamnia, wife to Thone, the drug nepenthes, to make her forget her sorrows.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Thone” mean?
In Greek mythology the governor of a province of Egypt to which, it is said by post-Homeric poets, Paris took Helen, who was given by Polydamnia, wife to Thone, the drug nepenthes, to make her forget her sorrows.
Is “Thone” formal or informal?
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