AMALTHEIA  , in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• MYTHOLOGY

mythology, the See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

foster-See also:

• MOTHER

mother of See also:

• ZEUS

Zeus . She is sometimes represented as the See also:

• GOAT (a common Teut. word; O. Eng. gat, Goth. gaits, Mod. Ger. Geiss, cognate with Lat. haedus, a kid)

goat which suckled the See also:

• INFANT (in early forms enfaunt, enfant, through the Fr. enfant, from Lat. infans, in, not, and fans, the present participle of fari, to speak)

infant-See also:

• GOD

god in a See also:

• CAVE (Lat. cavea, from caves, hollow)
• CAVE, EDWARD (1691–1754)
• CAVE, WILLIAM (1637–1713)

cave in See also:

• CRETE (Gr. Kp;rrrr; Turk. Kirid, Ital. Candia)

Crete, sometimes as a nymph of uncertain parentage (daughter of See also:

• OCEANUS (Gr. 'Slrceavts)

Oceanus, Haemonius, See also:

• OLEN

Olen, Melisseus), who brought him up on the See also:

• MILK (0. Eng. meoluc; from a common Indo-European root, cf. Lat. mulgere, Gr. ?t dXyetv)

milk of a goat . This goat having broken off one of its horns, Amaltheia filled it with See also:

• FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers and fruits and presented if to Zeus, who placed it together with the goat amongst the stars . According to another See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

story, Zeus himself See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke off the See also:

• HORN
• HORN (a common Teutonic word, cognate with Lat. cornu; cf. Gr. Kipas)
• HORN (Lat. cornu; corresponding terms being Fr. cor, trompe; Ger. Horn; Ital. corno)
• HORN, ARVID BERNHARD, COUNT (1664-1742)
• HORN, PHILIP DE MONTMORENCY, COUNT

horn and gave it to Amaltheia, promising that it would See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply whatever she desired in abundance . Amaltheia gave it to See also:

• ACHELOUS (mod. Aspropotamo, " white river ")

Achelous (her reputed See also:

• BROTHER

brother), who exchanged it for his own horn which had been broken off in .hiS contest with Heracles for the See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Deianeira . According to See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient mythology, the owners of the horn were many and various . Speaking generally, it was regarded as the See also:

• SYMBOL (Gr. o-uµ(3oXov, a sign)

symbol of inexhaustible riches and plenty, and became the attribute of various divinities (Hades, Gaea, See also:

• DEMETER

Demeter, See also:

• CYBELE, or CYBEBE (Gr. Ku/3X, Ku,(3i7sn)

Cybele, See also:

• HERMES
• HERMES, GEORG (1775-1831)

Hermes), and of See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers (the See also:

• NILE
• NILE, BATTLE OF THE
• NILE, SOBAT

Nile) as fertilizers of the See also:

• LAND

land . The See also:

• TERM

term " horn of Amaltheia " is applied to a fertile See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and an See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate belonging to See also:

• TITUS
• TITUS, FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS
• TITUS, THE EPISTLE TO

Titus See also:

• POMPONIUS, LUCIUS

Pomponius See also:

• ATTICUS, TITUS POMPONIUS (109–32 B.c.)

Atticus was called Amaltheum . Cretan coins represent the infant Zeus being suckled by the goat; other Greek coins exhibit him suspended from its teats or carried in the arms of a nymph (See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, See also:

• FASTI

Fasti, v . 115; Metam. ix . 87) .