“A horn of plenty”in other languages
A rich source of good things that never seems to run out.
English
French
Polish
EnglishFrenchPolishSame idea, different pictures
All three come from the same Greek myth. The goat Amalthea nursed the infant Zeus, and her broken horn was given the power to overflow with whatever its owner wished: the cornucopia, from Latin for “horn of plenty”.
English and French name the object, la corne d'abondance. Polish names the goat: róg Amaltei, Amalthea's horn.
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