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| | CORNU COPIAE - LoveToKnow Article on CORNU COPIAE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11) |
 | | , later CORNUCOPIA (" horn of plenty "), a horn; generally twisted, filled with fruit and flowers, or an ornament representing it. |
 | | It was used as a symbol of prosperity and abundance, and hence in works of art it is placed in the hands of Plutus, Fortuna and similar divinities (for the mythological account see AMALTHEIA). |
 | | For its representation in works of art, in which it is very common, especially in those belonging to the Roman period, see article in Daremberg and Saglio's Dictionnaire des Antiquites. |
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