Ambrosia Ambrosia In the ancient Greek myths, ambrosia (, ) is sometimes the food or drink of the Greek gods, often depicted as conferring longevity or immortality upon whoever consumed it. It was brought to the gods in Olympus by doves. "Ambrosia" is sometimes depicted in ancient art as distributed by a nymph labeled with that name. In the myth of Lycurgus, an opponent to the wine god Dionysus, violence committed against Ambrosia turns her into a grapevine. Ambrosia is very closely related to the gods' other form of sustenance, "nectar". The two terms may not have originally been distinguished; though
The Knees of the Gods is beset by feelings of numbness and pain, and he closes his eyes. At last, while his eyes are closed, Bunny hears Raffles speak his final words. BBC Radio adapted the story into the thirteenth episode of its Raffles radio drama, "The Knees of the Gods", which first aired on 27 August 1992. The drama features Jeremy Clyde as Raffles and Michael Cochrane as Bunny. The plot of the episode faithfully follows that of the original story. The Knees of the Gods "The Knees of the Gods" is a short story by E. W. Hornung, and features the gentleman thief