ambrosia and nectar, the mythical food and drink of the gods, associated with divine immortality. A mortal who took them became immortal; shed on a corpse they kept it from decay. Various things connected with the gods are described as ambrosial, sometimes with the connotation of ‘sweet-smelling’.
ambrosia and nectar
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 | Olympian (in Greek Mythology) |
| La bocc'onde l'asprissime parole solean uscir, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 2), SV 54 (Classical Work) |
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- Olympian (in Greek Mythology)
- La bocc'onde l'asprissime parole solean uscir, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 2), SV 54 (Classical Work)
- Tantalus
- Sisyphus (European mythology)
- anthropomorphism
- drink
- Food in Myth and Legend
- Hymn to Aphrodite (Criticism) (poem)
- Ambrosia (disambiguation)
- Ichor
- Tantalus (solitaire)
- Ambrosia
- Hebe (mythology)
- Balché
