ambrosial

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For him the nymph a rich repast ordains, Such as the mortal life of man sustains; Before herself were placed the the cates divine, Ambrosial banquet and celestial wine.

From The Odyssey by Pope, Alexander

These are the "Ambrosial curls Upon the Sovereign One's immortal head," of which Homer writes in the Iliad.

From Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

Adde tot small-bearded oysters, all redolent of the salt-sea foam, and worthy, as they stud the Ambrosial brodd, to be licked off all at once by the lambent tongue of Neptune.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 by Wilson, John

For them, at bidding of the river-God, Ambrosial forage grew: the Goddesses, Swift as the wild wood-pigeon's rapid flight, Sped to the battle-field to aid the Greeks.

From The Iliad by Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of

But fountain and roses and glittering spray, Ambrosial converse and redolent lay Saddened and dimmed in the radiant day, Unbroken the yellow sunbeams streamed, As ever the flashing jewels gleamed.

From Atmâ A Romance by Frazer, Caroline Augusta