Talk:Nepenthe

Nepenthe is also a gift shop on the Big Sur coast of California.
 * That Nepenthe also has a cafe and restaurant. --Wikismile 16:17, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

Coffee? You sure about that?
I've heard "nepenthe" used metaphorically to describe coffee, but I've seen very few citations that seriously suggest it as an alternate to the Opium hypothesis. Any references? Haikupoet 00:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)

Attention
Needs to be turned into a disambiguation page. feydey 15:29, 7 April 2006 (UTC)

Nepenthe in lyrics
I came across the Nepenthe page because I found the word in some incubus lyrics. Perhaps they knew how to use the word? Analyzing the lyrics makes some sort of sence in the "wanting to wash away an experience with forgetfulness".

The song is Calgone, link to lyrics is [link to copyvio website removed] check it out, it's used in the middle of the song and I believe they're using the word properly since a bunch of bad stuff happens in the song.Keitaro 22:30, 10 July 2006 (UTC)Dan

References Needed
References for all non-original information needs to be cited and substantiated.

63.224.250.129 (talk) 20:38, 22 March 2008 (UTC)

Heartsease
In almost all translations the name of the drug Helen mixes into the wine in the Odyssey is named heartsease. I checked for the word Nepenthe inside all major English versions and could only find one that had Nepenthe. How come the translators confuse Nepenthe with heartsease? I find this very strange and it's been getting on my nerves ever since I first saw the mistake in Richard Buxton's Complete World of Greek Mythology (yes, even Buxton chooses a translation that calls the drug heartsease and not Nepenthe). The only one who gets it right is Alfred J. Church. Can anyone help out with this one? --Ashrawi (talk) 19:12, 28 March 2009 (UTC)

Evangeline
I saw a reference to nepenthe while I was reading H.W. Longfellow's Evangeline, which didn't surprise me, since he was a fan of Greek Mythology. However, I was surprised that nobody had mentioned it on this page yet: I edited the "Poetry" section accordingly.

Why no translation of the Greek?
Whoever is responsible for posting the Greek-only excerpt of Homer: if this were a Greek-language encyclopedia, your failure to translate it into English would be quite understandable; but since it is an English-language encyclopedia, perhaps you would be so kind as to convert it into a language which the lesser mortals among us, who *don't* read Greek, can benefit from as well? Thanks! Chillowack (talk) 18:50, 24 March 2011 (UTC)

Pharma
I can recall a pharmaceutical preparation, Nepenthe, used to calm crying infants, in use as late as the 1950's. This was a dilute tincture of opium.

27.252.127.254 (talk) 11:12, 6 September 2012 (UTC)

Something real called Nepenthe?
There was some hallucinogen going around Portland in around '90 that was called nepenthe. It was some plant extract. It was about like hashish only 50 times more intense. I'm wondering what it was because there only seems to be a mythological nepenthe known to the general public. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:DA8:D800:107:5D05:C3DE:62A4:C0DB (talk) 07:23, 7 June 2013 (UTC)

I too remember this, I ingested some of it myself around 1990 in Santa Cruz. We were told it was from a pitcher plant. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:387:6:80F:0:0:0:72 (talk) 06:40, 21 May 2018 (UTC)

Famous yacht called "Nepenthe."
The luxurous yacht owned by multi-millionaire late 19th and early 20th Century industrialist James Deering was called the "Nepenthe." Deering was associated with the International Harvester Corporation, but gained fame and immortality for building one of the grandest and most elegant houses in America: "Vizcaya" on Biscayne Bay in Miami, FL. The Nepenthe was Deering's legendary pleasure yacht which hosted parties for the very rich, Hollywood movie stars and leaders of American business and politics. 130.91.146.242 (talk) 21:29, 2 September 2013 (UTC)buddmar


 * See USS Nepenthe. As is so often here the importance of the yacht exceeds the brief and not particularly notable naval "career" but DANFS is a rich and easily used source and it is apparently difficult to break free of a naval centric viewpoint and in this case the Navy did not find the yacht particularly useful and returned Nepenthe to Deering after brief use. I've begun a revision that will emphasize the yacht.

English for greek: «Νηπενθές»
Nipenthes is something that does not mourn and feels no sorrow. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.129.230.10 (talk) 21:06, 20 February 2014 (UTC)