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In Greek mythology, Amalthea or Amaltheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάλθεια) is a nurse of the infant Zeus, who raises him on Mount Ida in Crete. She is a nymph in the earliest sources mentioning her, though later Hellenistic writers describe her as a goat.
In Greek mythology, Amalthea or Amaltheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάλθεια) is a nurse of the infant Zeus, who raises him on Mount Ida in Crete. She is a nymph in the earliest sources mentioning her, though later Hellenistic writers describe her as a goat.