the cornucopia. It was in reality a tract of very fertile land, in the shape of a ram’s horn, given by Ammon, King of Libya, to his mistress, Amalthēa (q.v.) (the mother of Bacchus).
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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