Amalthaea

American  

[am-uhl-thee-uh] / ˌæm əlˈθi ə /

Or Amalthea

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.

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Amalthaea

The Iolaire had been a luxury yacht before the war, sailing under the name of the Amalthaea.

From BBC ● Dec. 31, 2018

Tarquin paid the money, and Amalthaea was never more seen.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

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

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham

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

From The Ruins, or, Meditation on the Revolutions of Empires and the Law of Nature by Volney, C.-F. (Constantin-François)