Greek mythology
Amalthea
The nurse who suckled the infant Zeus in hiding
- Mythology
- Greek mythology
- Group
- Mortal · Nymphs
- Appears in
- Rise of Zeus
- Places
- Mount Ida
- Objects
- Cornucopia
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Amalthea is the gentle nurse of the infant Zeus, who shelters him in a Cretan cave while Cronus hunts his children to devour them. Often pictured as a she-goat, she feeds the hidden god with her milk. From her horn flows endless plenty, the cornucopia, and her hide later becomes the aegis that Zeus bears into battle.
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Rise of Zeus
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- Who is Amalthea?
- Amalthea is the gentle nurse of the infant Zeus, who shelters him in a Cretan cave while Cronus hunts his children to devour them. Often pictured as a she-goat, she feeds the hidden god with her milk.
- Which mythology does Amalthea belong to?
- Amalthea belongs to Greek mythology.
- Which stories does Amalthea appear in?
- Amalthea appears in Rise of Zeus, told as chaptered audio dramas in MythologyNow.
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