place
Amaltheum
the Amaltheum
also: Amalthea, Amaltheam
A shrine and ornamented pleasure-ground that Atticus laid out on his estate at Buthrotum in Epirus, named for the nymph Amalthea who nursed the infant Zeus; Cicero alludes to it at Att. 1.13.1 and admired it as a model for his own villas.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 1.13 §1 when the victims have been killed at your Amalthea
The Amaltheum was a shrine and pleasure-garden Atticus built on his estate at Buthrotum in Epirus, named for the nymph Amalthea who nursed the infant Zeus. Sacrificing "victims" there marks Atticus's setting-out on a journey.
- Ad Atticum 1.16 §15 the Amaltheum
Atticus's private shrine and garden retreat at his Buthrotum estate in Epirus, named for the nymph Amalthea and adorned with epigrams; Cicero wants to build one at Arpinum.
- Ad Atticum 2.1 §11 My Amaltheum
An ornamented shrine-and-garden retreat, named for the nymph Amalthea who nursed the infant Zeus; Atticus had built one at Buthrotum, and Cicero was making his own. He says it "looks for" Atticus's visit.