In ancient Greek mythology, ambrosia (Greek: ἀμβροσία) is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods (or demigods), often depicted as conferring ageless immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves, so it may have been thought of in the Homeric tradition as a kind of divine exhalation of the Earth.
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Famous quotes containing the word ambrosia:
“Someone who instinctively nourishes himself on ambrosia alone, who leaves behind what is indigestible in things.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Such a man as instinctively feeds on pure ambrosia and leaves alone the indigestible in things.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Cassoulet, that best of bean feasts, is everyday fare for a peasant but ambrosia for a gastronome, though its ideal consumer is a 300-pound blocking back who has been splitting firewood nonstop for the last twelve hours on a subzero day in Manitoba.”
—Julia Child (b. 1912)