The ancient Greeks identified Capella as the she-goat Amalthea who suckled the infant Zeus. While he was playing rough house with his goatish wet nurse the rowdy young god broke one of Amalthea’s horns by mistake.
Later, as a more mature god, Zeus imbued this broken horn with the power of dispensing copious quantities of food and drink to all who desired it. Poor, wounded Amalthea’s horn became the Cornucopia, or the horn of plenty.
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I've been seeing a lot of Andy's goats recently, because my partner Jon is building a cob pizza oven on their property. The goats are like the Greek Chorus, constantly bleating and carrying on whenever human activity comes near. They DO NOT know the meaning of ¿Por que no te callas?
