Amalthea: Difference between revisions

|lshtext=<b>Ămalthēa</b>: ae, f., = [[Ἀμάλθεια]]>.<br /><b>I</b> A [[nymph]], [[daughter]] of [[Melissus]], [[king]] of [[Crete]], [[who]] fed Jupiter [[with]] [[goat]]'s [[milk]], Hyg. Fab. 139.—Acc. to others, [[Amalthea]] is the [[name]] of the [[goat]] itself, one of whose horns, [[accidentally]] [[broken]] [[off]], [[was]] placed [[among]] the stars as the Cornu Amaltheae, or Cornu copiae, Hyg. Astr. 2, 13; 3, 12. From this [[horn]] [[nectar]] and [[ambrosia]] are said to [[have]] flowed; [[hence]], it [[was]] the [[emblem]] of [[plenty]], Ov. F. 5, 121; Hor. C. 1, 17, 14; id. C. S. 59; id. Ep. 1, 12, 28.—Hence, meton.: Ămal-thēa, ae, f., or Ămalthēum, i, n.; in Cic., the [[name]] of a library (acc. to others, an old [[sanctuary]] of [[Amalthea]] [[near]] the [[villa]] of [[Atticus]], in [[Epirus]], [[adorned]] [[with]] inscriptions, etc., by [[Atticus]], in [[imitation]] of [[which]] [[Cicero]] made a [[similar]] one at [[Arpinum]]): [[Amalthea]] mea te exspectat, Cic. Att. 2, 1 fin.; 1, 16 fin.—<br /><b>II</b> The [[name]] of the Cumœan sibyl: Quidquid [[Amalthea]] dixit, Tib. 2, 5, 67; cf. Lact. 1, 6; Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 72.