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Not a very useful word since the times of Homer and Milton: That nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave the Jove-born Helena. Milton: Comus, 695, 696.
- Not a very useful word since the times of Homer and Milton: That nepenthes which the wife of Thone In Egypt gave the Jove-born Helena.
- Milton: Comus, 695, 696.
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Not a very useful word since the times of Homer and Milton:
That nepenthes which the wife of Thone
In Egypt gave the Jove-born Helena.
Milton: Comus, 695, 696.
That nepenthes which the wife of Thone
In Egypt gave the Jove-born Helena.
Milton: Comus, 695, 696.
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eg He drank Nepenthe in order to forget his problems.
I've never, never heard this word before in my life.
Clive
I've never, never heard this word before in my life.
Clive
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This might be heard today, but only for melodramatic effect:
"I failed three classes, my dog got run over, my girlfriend dumped me. Oh, nepenthe, nepenthe!"
"I failed three classes, my dog got run over, my girlfriend dumped me. Oh, nepenthe, nepenthe!"
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