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cornucopia
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cornucopia

In Greek mythology, one of the horns of the goat Amalthaea, which Zeus caused to refill perpetually with food and drink. As an artistic symbol it denotes prosperity. In paintings, the cornucopia is depicted as a horn-shaped container spilling over with fruit and flowers.

Architecture and sculpture often places the horn in the hands of the goddess of chance, Tyche, or her more popular Roman equivalent Fortuna, pouring an abundance of fruit or corn.



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