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
The Garden of the Gods Jeejeebuoy, and Count Rossignol. "The Garden of the Gods" was first published in 1978 by William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, and simultaneously in the United States as "Fauna and Family" by Simon and Schuster (). The Garden of the Gods The Garden of the Gods (American title: "Fauna and Family") (1978) by British naturalist and author Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) is the third book in his autobiographical "Corfu trilogy," following "My Family and Other Animals" and "Birds, Beasts, and Relatives". This book is a humorous description of events that took place on the Greek island of Corfu between the years