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
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