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Amalthaea |
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Amalthaea (ăm'əlthē`ə), in Greek mythology, the stepmother of Zeus, a she-goat or nymph who nursed the infant Zeus. It was said that Zeus made one of her magnificent horns into the cornucopia cornucopia (kôr'ny ..... Click the link for more information. and set her image among the stars as the star Capella in the constellation Capricorn. Amalthaea goat who provided milk for baby Zeus. [Gk. Myth.: Leach, 41] See : Sustenance |
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