(Cornu Copiae), among the ancient poets, is the emblem of fruitfulness and plenty, and was represented under the form of a horn out of which proceeded fruits, flowers, and abundance of all things. This, according to the fable, was one of the horns of the goat Amalthaea, by which Jupiter was suckled. (See Amalthea.) The interpretation of the fable (according to Diodorus, iii. 68) is, that in Libya there was a small but exceedingly fertile territory, shaped not unlike a bull's horn; and this was bestowed by King Ammon on his bride Amalthaea, who nursed the infant Jupiter with the milk of a goat.

The cornucopia is frequently represented in works of art. On medals, as observed by Joubert, the cornucopia is given to all deities.

First Ceres, in her chariot seated high, By harness'd dragons drawn along the sky; A cornucopia fills her weaker hand, Charged with the various offspring of the land, Fruit, flowers, and corn.

Hughes—The Triumph of Peace.