Amalthaea

or Am·al·the·a

[ am-uhl-thee-uh ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.

1. a nymph who brought up the infant Zeus on the milk of a goat: in some versions she is the goat rather than a nymph.

Example Sentences

Others claim that it was the goat of Amalthaea, which fed Jupiter with her milk.

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Aulus Gellius says that Amalthaea burnt the books in the king's presence.

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It obtained its name because it was covered with the skin of the goat Amalthaea, which nourished Jupiter.

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