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Ambrosia in Homer is the food of the Greek gods, but in Sappho or Alcman it is their drink. The word is the feminine form of the adjective ambrosios, which means not-for-mortals. It could also be used for any divine restorative, a medicinal unguent or salve., and in religious rites, it was a mixture of water, oil and fruit. The Sanskrit cognate amrita means the elixir of immortality.

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