Motif
youth-renewing divine food
youth_renewing_divine_food
A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Divine Food, Nectar, Milk, and Immortality. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome EROS (CUPID, AMOR) AND PSYCHE. / HYMEN. / IRIS (THE RAINBOW). / HEBE (JUVENTAS).; lines 5009-5031 confidence: high
Hebe is described as a modest maiden and is depicted pouring nectar from an upraised vessel or bearing a dish of ambrosia, the youth-renewing food of the immortals.
Ambrosia is described as the ever youth-renewing food of the immortals, and Hebe is associated with serving it.
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