When Zeus was a newborn, his father wanted to eat him, so the future king of the gods fled to a secret chamber beneath Mt. Ida on the Isle of Crete.
There, baby Zeus drank the milk of a nymph goat named Almathea, which means “nurturing goddess” in ancient Greek. He became so strong on this diet that he accidentally broke off one of Almathea’s horns while they played. She filled the broken horn with herbs and fruit and gave it to Zeus. The food in Almathea’s horn never ran out.
