Puzzle Description:

When the Greek God Zeus was born, his mother Rhea sent him to Crete to be cared for, to hide him from his father, Cronus, who would have eaten him. Melisseus, King of Crete, had several daughters who tended to Zeus. They hung him in a cradle from a tree branch, so that he couldn’t be found in heaven, on earth or in the sea. Amalthea, their nanny goat, provided milk. As a gift to thank them, Zeus broke off one of the animal’s horns, filled it with harvested crops and bestowed the horn with the power of being filled with whatever its owner desired. The cornucopia became a symbol of prosperity and signified that its owner would never starve.

#1: Billie Patterson (bpat) on Nov 28, 2010

Very nice puzzle.

What a thing to do to his nanny!!!!

Puzzles #1739, 2965

A really great and inventive puzzle. I had to redo several parts of it a couple of times but I never had to guess. Nice job!

Nice pattern with the black. Fun to solve, and interesting mythology lesson. :-)

Thank you for the kind comments! I also enjoyed seeing the other versions of this motif, and I agree, it wasn't a very nice thing to do to his nanny. ;0)

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