Iliad 2 Æsepus oition

 (This for Myrinne's tomb the immortals know,

Though call'd Bateia in the world below;)

Beneath their chiefs in martial order here,

The auxiliar troops and Trojan hosts appear.

The godlike Hector, high above the rest,

Shakes his huge spear, and nods his plumy crest:

In throngs around his native bands repair,

And groves of lances glitter in the air.

Divine Æneas brings the Dardan race,

Anchises' son, by Venus' stolen embrace,

Born in the shades of Ida's secret grove;

(A mortal mixing with the queen of love;)

Archilochus and Acamas divide

The warrior's toils, and combat by his side.

Who fair Zeleia's wealthy valleys till,¹⁰⁶

Fast by the foot of Ida's sacred hill,

Or drink, Æsepus, of thy sable flood,

Were led by Pandarus, of royal blood;

To whom his art Apollo deign'd to show,

--  somewhere here lies the recipe for , Æsepus

Its not absence but a menthal called absutha.  More chemistry.