Hebe : goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus & Hera, the cup-bearer of the Olympian gods & personal attendant of Hera.
... Floating like stars upon a strip of sky. This world behind is made of truer stuff Than the manufactured tissue of earth's grace. There we can walk and see the gods go by And sip from Hebe's cup nectar enough To make for us heavenly limbs and deathless face. Page 627 ...
... potion. When you take a sip of it you transcend death, that is to say, become immortal: "There is a brighter ether than this blue... There we can walk and the gods go by And sip from Hebe's cup nectar enough To make for us heavenly limbs and deathless face." But when Maitreyee poses that famous reply to Yajñyavalkya: yena nāham amrta syām kimaham tena kuryām (What shall ...
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