V. 



AMBROSIA AND NECTAR. 



OF course no one, not even Miss Apis 

 nor the lovely Venus herself, could 

 live entirely upon nectar. 



We know that the gods and goddesses, 

 when they had a party on Mount Olympus, 

 always had ambrosia as well as nectar. 



They sat around and had it passed to 

 them by the graceful goddess Hebe. She 

 was as beautiful as the springtime, and I 

 have no doubt they often ate and drank 

 more than was good for them, just for 

 the sake of having her bring them one 

 more cup of nectar or one more slice of 

 ambrosia. 



The nectar of the gods was like honey ; 

 some say that nine-tenths of it was honey. 



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