In their banquets, the ambrosia was served, the exquisite food which gives immortality. It was brought by doves on the Olympus, they took it into the Hesperides garden. gods drank the nectar, served by the beautiful Hebe, youth goddess. Each god of the Olympus protected one or more parts of human beings' daily life: Athena was the goddess of arts and knowledge, Hera protected the marriage and motherhood, Artemis was the goddess of hunting, Apoll was the god of the sun and poetry, Ares was the god of the war, Hermes was the god of trade.
