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Amalthaea
Or Am·al·the·a
[am-uhl-thee-uh]
noun
Classical Mythology.
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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The Iolaire had been a luxury yacht before the war, sailing under the name of the Amalthaea.
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Tarquin paid the money, and Amalthaea was never more seen.
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Aulus Gellius says that Amalthaea burnt the books in the king's presence.
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She still gives milk—a perfect Amalthaea.
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No horns but those by luckless Hymen worn, And those, alas! not Amalthaea's horn!
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