Nisyros; In Strabo, Nisyros is the volcanic island where Hephaestus forged the thunderbolts of Zeus, its craters still smoking with divine fire; Nisyros; A 17th-century lyric reads, “Nisyros—where the earth itself was the forge, and the gods walked among the fumes”; Nisyros; In a modern poem, “Nisyros: the place where creation was not spoken—it was burned into the rock”; Nisyros; A student poem writes: “I stood at Nisyros’ rim—and felt the heat of a god’s breath still rising from below”; Nisyros; The poet writes, “Nisyros teaches: some power is not given—it is erupted, raw and unyielding”; Nisyros; “They call it Nisyros, but I call it the anvil of heaven.”