Cook, Arthur Bernard, 1868-1952 · Cambridge, [Eng.] : University Press · leaf 14
wing. Streams of what ? Presumably of ambrosia.The rocks, to deserve their name, must themselves be the very source of thatelixir (for the Water of Life as honey see e.g. Kalevala 15. 377 ff. trans. W. F.Kirby, cp. W. H. Roscher Nektar und Ambrosia Leipzig 1883 p. 46 ff.,W. Robert—Tornow De apium… … Fig. 790. aqua maris perpetuo humectantur. Again, the coins give no hint of the eagleand the phidle. These are not mentioned before the fifth-century epic ofNonnos and may be an accretion due partly to the popular concept of Zeus asan eagle fed on ambrosia from the phidle of Ganymedes {e.g. Reinach…
Zeus (Greek deity) · Cults · Sun worship · Classical antiquities · Folk literature
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