Amalthaea
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.
historical examples
others claim that it was the goat of amalthaea, which fed jupiter with her milk.
the ruins c. f. [constantin francois de] volney
aulus gellius says that amalthaea burnt the books in the king’s presence.
character sketches of romance, fiction and the drama, vol 1 the rev. e. cobham brewer, ll.d.
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