OCR GCSE Classical Civilisation · J199
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A ‘horn of plenty’, representing abundance; an attribute of Hades.
Revise: GreeceHades ruled the Underworld and the dead. His usual home was below the earth, rather than on Olympus. He could carry a sceptre, expressing his authority as ruler, or a cornucopia, the horn of plenty.
- Revise: Rome
- Revise: Ovid’s Metamorphoses: Heroes and Transformation
A sacred horn filled with fruits and flowers, symbolising abundance. In Ovid’s account it originates from the horn Hercules breaks from Achelous.