god
Amalthea
also: Amalthea, Amaltheia
The nymph (in some accounts a she-goat) who nursed the infant Zeus on Crete; her name evokes abundance and the cornucopia, and Atticus named his Epirote shrine the Amaltheum (place:amaltheum) after her (Att. 1.16.15, 1.16.18).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 1.16 §18 Amalthea
The nymph (or she-goat) who nursed the infant Zeus; her name evokes abundance (the cornucopia), suiting a leisured rural shrine.