Did you ever say that a meal was as tasty as the Ragweed? Ambrosia is nothing other than the food of the ancient Greek gods. Food or drink that is mystically associated with immortality. Whoever consumed it could live forever.
The word Ragweed It always appears linked to the word nectar, another of the favorite foods of the gods of Greek mythology. While the ambrosia would be the food, the nectar would be the drink. Ambrosia was only consumed by the gods and it was forbidden for humans to do so. If something like this happened the blood would disappear from the veins, so some myths revolve around the deadly consumption of ambrosia and its passage, literally, to immortality.
There are many accounts of the Ragweed and how gods, demigods and humans feed on it. It appears in various hymns and many scholars have analyzed Greek sources to try to elucidate that it was indeed ambrosia. Honey? Nectar? Mead? Oil, fat? Some believe that it has more to do with honey and that the idea of immortality is associated with the healing and cleansing properties of this substance.
If you did not know the Ragweed now you can include this word in your vocabulary.