Polydamna (/ˌpɒlɪˈdæmnə/;Ancient Greek:Πολύδαμνα,romanized: Polúdamna) is anEgyptian figure fromGreek mythology.

Mentioned inHomer’sOdyssey,^[1] Polydamna was the wife of Thōn (Θῶν,gen:Θῶνος), often known as "Thon the Egyptian", owing to his Egyptian heritage. Polydamna gaveHelen, wife ofMenelaus,nepenthe (i.e., a drug that has "the power of robbing grief and anger of their sting and banishing all painful memories") and which Helen slipped into the wine thatTelemachus and Menelaus were drinking.

• Homer,The Odyssey with an English Translation by A.T. Murray, PH.D. in two volumes. Cambridge, MA., Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann, Ltd. 1919.ISBN 978-0674995611.Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.Greek text available from the same website.

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