Ambrosia in Homer's poems nectar is usually the drink and ambrosia the food of the gods; it was with ambrosia Hera "cleansed all defilement from her lovely flesh", and with ambrosia Athena prepared Penelope in her sleep, so that when she appeared for the final time before her suitors, the effects of years had been stripped away, and they were inflamed with passion at the sight of her. On the other hand, in Alcman, nectar is the food, and in Sappho and Anaxandrides, ambrosia is the drink. A character in Aristophanes' "Knights" says, "I dreamed the goddess poured ambrosia over your
Death of the New Gods Since Kirby's initial run on the characters, others have presented them with mixed results. Looking back I'd say at least half of the past New Gods series have done more harm than good. So for me, "Death of the New Gods" is half honoring Jack Kirby, half mercy killing." In the same interview, he stated that: "They started building "Countdown" around "Death of the New Gods" because it was way ahead of everybody else. They started catching up with me, and I'm having to change my ending to adjust to what they're doing in "Countdown". Up until now, I've been