The New Student's Reference Work/Nectar

Nec′tar, the name given by most of the Greek and Roman poets to the drink of the gods.  Homer describes it as of a red color, and says that continued use of it was supposed to insure immortality.  The sprinkling with nectar was supposed to confer perpetual youth, and it was used, in figure of speech, as meaning everything delightful and pleasant to the taste.