ambrosia and nectar · Atlas

spoken of as

1 expression

Nectar and ambrosia2 mentions

Hymn 3 to Delian and Pythian Apollo (Greek) · Olympian (Greek)

but Themis duly poured nectar and ambrosia with her divine hands:

hymn 3 to delian and pythian apollo ¶

in the texts

TheogonyClassical · Greek

The food and drink of the gods, withheld from any deity who swears falsely on the Styx.

For whoever of the deathless gods that hold the peaks of snowy Olympus pours a libation of her water and is forsworn, must lie breathless until a full year is completed, and never come near to taste ambrosia and nectar, but lie spiritless and voiceless on a strewn bed:

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OdysseyClassical · Greek

The immortal food and drink of the gods, served to Hermes and consumed by Calypso, as distinct from Odysseus's mortal meal.

but her maids brought ambrosia and nectar for herself, and they laid their hands on the good things that were before them.

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As she spoke she drew a table loaded with ambrosia beside him and mixed him some red nectar, so Hermes ate and drank till he had had enough, and then said:

chapter 5 ¶

Hymn 3 to Delian and Pythian ApolloClassical · Greek

Nectar and ambrosia are divine foods given to Apollo in Olympus and at his birth.

but Themis duly poured nectar and ambrosia with her divine hands:

hymn 3 to delian and pythian apollo ¶

and the Father gives him nectar in a golden cup welcoming his dear son, while the other gods make him sit down there, and queenly Leto rejoices because she bare a mighty son and an archer.

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OlympianClassical · Greek

The immortalizing food and drink of the gods, stolen by Tantalus and given to his mortal drinking companions.

He has this helpless life of never-ending labor, a fourth toil after three others, because he stole from the gods nectar and ambrosia, with which they had made him immortal, and gave them to his drinking companions.

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