In Greek mythology, Amalthea or Amaltheia (Greek:Ἀμάλθεια) is the most-frequently mentioned foster-mother of Zeus. Her name in Greek ("tender goddess") is clearly an epithet, signifying the presence of an earlier nurturing goddess, whom the Hellenes, whose myths we know, knew to be located in Crete, where Minoans may have called her a version of "Dikte". Amalthea is sometimes represented as the goat who suckled the infant-god in a cave in Cretan Mount Aigaion ("Goat Mountain"), sometimes as a goat-tending nymph of uncertain parentage (the daughter of Oceanus, Haemonius, Olenos, or—according to Lactantius—Melisseus), who brought him up on the milk of her goat. The possession of multiple and uncertain mythological parents indicates wide worship of a deity in many cultures having varying local traditions. Other names, like Adrasteia, Ide, the nymph of Mount Ida, or Adamanthea, which appear in mythology handbooks, are simply duplicates of Amalthea.
In the tradition represented by Hesiod's Theogony, Cronus swallowed all of his children immediately after birth. The mother goddess Rhea, Zeus' mother, deceived her brother consort Cronus by giving him a stone wrapped to look like a baby instead of Zeus. Since she instead gave the infant Zeus to Adamanthea to nurse in a cave on a mountain in Crete, it is clear that Adamanthea is a doublet of Amalthea. In many literary references, the Greek tradition relates that in order that Cronus should not hear the wailing of the infant, Amalthea gathered about the cave the Kuretes or the Korybantes to dance, shout, and clash their spears against their shields.
Amalthea (/æməlˈθiːə/am-əl-THEE-ə; Greek:Αμάλθεια) is the third moon of Jupiter in order of distance from the planet. It was discovered on September 9, 1892, by Edward Emerson Barnard and named after Amalthea, a nymph in Greek mythology. It is also known as Jupiter V.
Amalthea is in a close orbit around Jupiter and is within the outer edge of the Amalthea Gossamer Ring, which is formed from dust ejected from its surface. From its surface, Jupiter would appear 46.5 degrees in diameter. Amalthea is the largest of the inner satellites of Jupiter. Irregularly shaped and reddish in color, it is thought to consist of porous water ice with unknown amounts of other materials. Its surface features include large craters and ridges.
Amalthea was photographed in 1979 by the Voyager 1 and 2 spacecraft, and later, in more detail, by the Galileo orbiter in the 1990s.
This is the land of my beginning, these are the mountains of my birth Dark with the blood of desecration, oh where is she who is my pride EMELAITH I hear the Weeping of the Spirits, dark wings of hated fill the world I know she's waiting out there somewhere, beyond the shadows of my eyes EMALAITH Is there a Life Among these Ruins, the charred remains of all my kind Stung by the Sword of Retribution, I swear an oath where they have died I will return to wreak my Vengeance, let Heaven grant what love does seek Alive without a breath, reach for the Thorns ofDeath, a shadow falls Before my eyes EMALAITH dies alone in the night, lost like a child she leaves me Scars on the wind to hold me inside, tomorrow belongs to never I'll tear the walls of Erebus down. Child of the Desolation, cry to me under stars that have died, Under skies of Pain we are born. Ooh yeah, we are one, forever we'll be Oh my love, we'll defy Death and meet on Holy Ground. After the darkest treason I, I will arise again !!! EMALAITH dies alone in the night, a kiss on the wind she leaves me Out in the fields where everything dies, will we be lost forever? From death and darkness love was born, and love survived and created Light. Behold the Kingdom of the Fearless, who holds the Seven Points ofNight? Where is the hope of absolution, beyond the shadow of my sight? I hear the Weeping of the Spirits, dark wings of hatred rule the world But I will rise again, pierced by the Thorns of Death, beyond the shadow of their eyes. EMALAITH'S mine, asoul infinite, the promise of peace is never The Secret of Death if ours to possess, ours will endure forever I see the answer burn in your eyes, across the wasteland, Death into Life The mighty Spirits crystalize, TheCrown of Glory, onward we ride !!! Beyond the shadows of the skies, waiting for the light, It's over all is gone, Shadows of Mourning ...
Cyprus’ government remained convinced that maritime aid was feasible and would be useful, and somewhere along the line, the project was christened ‘Amalthea’, after the Greek goddess who is often depicted as the goat which suckled the infant Zeus.
The Amalthea humanitarian corridor is part of the government’s efforts to supplement aid distributions to Gaza’s population, which has been relentlessly bombarded by Israeli forces after Hamas ...
The Amalthea plan, Cyprus’ humanitarian aid corridor to Gaza, will be reactivated soon, Foreign Minister Constantinos Kombos said on Friday night ... Kombos was keen to stress that the Amalthea plan has ...
Seventeen tonnes of humanitarian aid that arrived in Cyprus on Saturday from Italy will be sent to Gaza as soon as possible via Ashdod, through the Amalthea sea corridor, foreign ministry spokesman Theodoros Gotsis told the Cyprus Mail on Tuesday.
NASA's Juno probe captured vibrant, high-contrast images of Jupiter's stormy atmosphere and an up-close view of its moon, Amalthea, during the spacecraft's 66th flyby on October 23. The images... .
They added that the government would be willing to help facilitate the transfer of humanitarian aid from the north towards Gaza should there be an initiative in the north for aid to be collected and sent via the Amalthea plan.
A foreign ministry post on X said Kombos and Kaag met on the sidelines of the EU foreign affairs council and discussed the next steps on Amalthea...Next steps on #Amalthea discussed,” the post said.
