#Nectar of the gods full#

Other than her major (if tragic) role in Virgil’s Aeneid, Dido is a bit of a mystery, showing up in fragments and bits of myths that have survived.

Dido left Phoenicia when her brother, Pygmalion, had her husband killed. While Dido herself was probably mythical, Carthage was a very real place and a major enemy of the Roman Republic. Garnish with a skewer of blueberry followed by the lemon wheel through the pith, a second blueberry enclosed by the other half of the lemon, and the final blueberry.ĭido was a Phoenician refugee who founded the city of Carthage in northern Africa (modern Tunisia). Shake while you consider the implications of blaming her “curiosity,” pour into a more reasonably sized jar than Pandora’s pithos (an amphora or Mason jar will do).Ģ. Add the remaining ingredients aside from lemon wheel and three blueberries and ice. Add all but three of the blueberries to a psykter (a shaker) and muddle like the gods who formed Pandora from clay. Just don’t store Pandora’s Jar in a pithos-those things topple so easily, you’re sure to lose it all. Pandora’s Jar pays homage to this story of Pandora, whose jar of evils was never about curiosity or decision-making at all. The evils were always going to be released it didn’t matter what Pandora did or didn’t do. The jar of evils was always going to break or have its stopper knocked off. In truth, Pandora was just a woman created as a means of punishment.

#Nectar of the gods full#

The concept of a curious woman full of agency who ignores the advice of men and opens a box releasing all the world’s evils isn’t found in the ancient sources (it screams biblical interference!).

She was one of the earliest examples of kalon kakon, a beautiful evil (or more fairly translated as “beautiful ugly”)-she was a trap, a so-called gift ensured to cause only harm: the release of the world’s evil. Humans had received fire and Zeus was mad, and Pandora was the unfortunate vehicle of his ire. Myths of Pandora describe a woman who was used as a pawn to punish humanity. It wasn’t a box until a millennium or so later, when someone translated the word pithos (an enormous storage jar) into variations on the word box. Strain over the king cube and enjoy in the land of the living while contemplating the afterlife. Stir like Charon’s oar cutting through the rivers. Combine the bitterness of Cynar, the strength of the rye, and the herbal, chthonic kümmel to a krater (a mixing glass) full of ice.Once it’s frozen, add the cube to your kylix (a rocks glass). Fill the remainder of the tray and allow this to freeze fully. First, prepare a king cube worthy of the river of the dead: Fill half the cube and allow to freeze about 2 hours, then add the star anise.Unfortunately, it will not make you a worthy opponent in a war with the Titan gods. The River Styx is just what you’d expect: strong, bitter, and dark as the Underworld itself. These five gods sided with Zeus in the Titanomachy and so avoided the punishment given to many of the rest of the Titans. Styx was mother of four personification gods: Nike (victory), Zelos (rivalry), Bia (force), and Kratos (strength). Styx was the eldest of the Oceanids, children of Oceanus and Tethys and some of the earliest deities to exist. Styx was the Titan nymph goddess of hatred while also the river itself (very cool). In truth that ferryman, Charon, typically helped the dead cross over the river Acheron, but Styx too played a large part in Underworld geography. The River Styx is one of the most famous rivers of Greek mythology, famed for running through the Underworld to be crossed only with the help of the ferry-man. Consider adding some of these legendary cocktail recipes to your bar menu, and invite your guests to raise a glass to their inner god or goddess! The River Styx We’ve highlighted some of our favorite recipes from Nectar of the Gods, below. Captivating illustrations from award-winning artist Sara Richard and expert mixology from beverage consultant Thea Engst round out the offering. Each recipe is presented alongside a story or character profile to introduce the reader to world of Greek mythology. The book features recipes inspired by the stories of Greek history and mythology. This cocktail book from S&S/Adams Media, which will be released on April 12, is from Liv Albert, host of the ultra-popular Let’s Talk About Myths, Baby! podcast. Brush up on your mythology and your mixology with the new book Nectar of the Gods.