Wormwood (star)
Wormwood, αψίνθιον (apsinthion) or άψινθος (apsinthos) in Greek, is a star, or angel, that appears in the Biblical New Testament Book of Revelation.
Read more about Wormwood (star): Wormwood in The Bible, Interpretations of Revelation 8:10, In Popular Culture
Famous quotes containing the word wormwood:
“a star
called Wormwood rose and flickered, shattering
bent light over the dead boiling up in the ground,
the biting yellow their corrupted lives
streaming to war, denying all our words.”
—Muriel Rukeyser (1913–1980)