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 Food of the Gods (film) The Food of the Gods (film) The Food of the Gods is a 1976 science fiction thriller film released by American International Pictures and was written, produced and directed by Bert I. Gordon. "The Food of the Gods" starred Marjoe Gortner, Pamela Franklin, Ralph Meeker, Jon Cypher, John McLiam, and Ida Lupino. This film was loosely based on a portion of the H. G. Wells novel "The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth". Michael Medved gave it the Golden Turkey Award for "Worst Rodent Movie of All Time". The film reduced Wells' tale to an "Ecology