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CORNU COPIAE

This article appears in Volume V07, Page 179 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: COR-CRE
CORNU COPIAE , 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
 ). The symbol probably originated in the practice of using the horns of oxen and goats as drinking-cups; hence the rhyton (drinking-horn) is often confounded with the cornu copiae. 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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