Amalthea
animal_ally earth Greek single tradition · 4
Amalthea is a golden-haired female goat, foster-mother of Zeus.
↻ synthesized from 4 sources
When
- First attested
- 800 BCE
- Attested period
- -800 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Attested in traditions mentioned by Hyginus.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Anemoi, Arion, Horses of Achilles, Horses of Ares, Horses of Eos, Horses of Erechtheus, Horses of Dioskouroi, Horses of Hector, Horses of Helios, Horses of Poseidon, Mares of Diomedes, Ocyrhoe, Trojan Horses, Aega, Titans, Achelous, Rhea, Hephaestus, Night, Pan, Moirai, Kouretes, Themis, Adrasteia, Ida, Karkinos, Cretan Bull, Gadflies, Myrmekes, Myrmidons, Orthrus, Cattle of Helios, black-skinned cattle of Hades, Ceryneian Hind, Elaphoi Khrysokeroi, Dionysus' Panthers, Argos, Golden Dog, Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple, Laelaps, Maera, Artemis's pack of 14 exquisite hunting dogs, Delphin, Dolphins of Taras, Donkey of Hephaestus, Donkey of Silenus, Scythian horned donkeys, Helios, Cronus
- serves
- Zeus
- consort of
- Ammon
Mentioned by
- Karkinos
- Cretan Bull
- Gadflies
- Myrmekes
- Myrmidons
- Orthrus
- Cattle of Helios
- black-skinned cattle of Hades
- Ceryneian Hind
- Elaphoi Khrysokeroi
- Dionysus' Panthers
- Argos
- Golden Dog
- Guard Dogs of Hephaestus Temple
- Laelaps
- Maera
and 17 more
Sources
Source passages
“Amalthea, golden-haired female goat, foster-mother of Zeus.”
#4622 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“According to other traditions mentioned by Hyginus, Aega was a daughter of Melisseus, king of Crete, and was chosen to suckle the infant Zeus; but as she was found unable to do it, the service was performed by the goat Amalthea.”
#8885 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Diodorus Siculus, in a euhemerist reworking of Amalthea's myth, describes her as an especially beautiful young woman and the lover of Ammon, who is the king of Libya...In this version, Amalthea and Ammon are also the parents of the god Dionysus.”
#8983 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“They feed him on the milk of the she-goat Amalthea, while the Kouretes guard the cave...”
#45242 · extracted by google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it:free