Amalthea may refer to:
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Amalthea (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Amalthea or Amaltheia (Ancient Greek: Ἀμάλθεια) is the most-frequently mentioned foster-mother of Zeus.
Etymology
The name ''Amalthea'', in Greek "tender goddess", is clearly an epithet, signifying the presence of ...
, the foster-mother of Zeus in Greek mythology
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Amalthea (moon)
Amalthea is a moon of Jupiter. It has the third closest orbit around Jupiter among known moons and was the fifth moon of Jupiter to be discovered, so it is also known as . It is also the fifth largest moon of Jupiter, after the four Galilean ...
, a moon of Jupiter
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MV ''Amalthea'', a cargo ship
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113 Amalthea
113 Amalthea () is a stony Florian asteroid and binary system from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 12 March 1871, by German astronomer Robert Luther at the Bilk Observatory in Düsseldorf ...
, a main-belt asteroid
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Amalthea Cellars
Amalthea Cellars ( Toms, Charles"Amalthea Cellars Review"in ''American Winery Guide'' (16 November 2013). Retrieved 5 December 2013.) is a winery in the West Atco section of Winslow
in Camden County, New Jersey. The vineyard was first planted ...
, a winery in New Jersey
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Cumaean Sibyl
The Cumaean Sibyl was the priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony located near Naples, Italy. The word ''sibyl'' comes (via Latin) from the ancient Greek word ''sibylla'', meaning prophetess. There were many sibyls ...
or Amalthea, a priestess presiding over the Apollonian oracle at Cumae, a Greek colony near Naples, Italy
*''Amalthea'', a ship bombed by
Anton Nilson
Anton Nilson (11 November 1887 – 16 August 1989) was a Swedish terrorist and militant socialist who was convicted of murder for a fatal bombing in 1908.
Nilson was born and grew up in a peasant region in Skåne, the southernmost province o ...
in 1908
*Lady Amalthea, a character in ''
The Last Unicorn
''The Last Unicorn'' is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published in 1968, by Viking Press in the U.S. and The Bodley Head in the U.K. It follows the tale of a unicorn, who believes she is the last of her kind in the wor ...
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Amalthea (fungi), fungi (in
Halymeniaceae Family ) named after the mythological figure
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