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Meaning & History
From Greek εὔνους (eunous) meaning "well-minded, friendly", which is composed of ευ (eu) "good, well" and νοῦς (nous) "mind" (see also Eunous, Eunoia). In Greek mythology this was the name of one of the rivers in Hades. It occurs in Dante's epic poem the 'Divine Comedy' (1321); after purging their sins, the penitent souls of Purgatory drink from the river Lethe to forget their misdeeds, after which they drink from the river Eunoe so that they remember their good deeds in life, and are thus able to enter Paradise.Eunoë was also the name of a nymph in Greek mythology, the daughter of Persephone, wife of the Phrygian king Dymas, and mother of Hecuba.