EDITED: Nectar/drink = mead? Ambrosia/food = ?/manna?

  • @cheese_greaterOP
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    29 hours ago

    Were there ever Olympian bees in the mythology?

    • Lvxferre
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      26 hours ago

      Not to my knowledge. However, there are plenty references to bees in the whole mythology.

      For example, the priestesses of Demeter (Olympian goddess of the soil, crops and food) were typically called μελισσαι melissai “honeybees”; and Persephone (goddess of the spring and underworld; Demeter’s daughter) got quite a few honey-related epithets, such as Μελινδια Melindia and Μελινοια Melinoia (both with μελι meli “honey”).

      • @cheese_greaterOP
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        16 hours ago

        Interesting that melissa and melinda are probably rooted from honey (miel in French haha)