▁as ▁late ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 8 7 0 s ▁that ▁stored ▁animal ▁milk ▁became ▁safe ▁to ▁drink ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁in vention ▁of ▁paste ur isation ▁and ▁ster il isation . ▁ ▁M yth ology ▁and ▁stories ▁ ▁The ▁su ck ling ▁of ▁animals ▁by ▁inf ants ▁was ▁a ▁repeated ▁theme ▁in ▁classical ▁myth ology . ▁Most ▁fam ously , ▁tw in ▁brothers ▁Rom ulus ▁and ▁Rem us ▁( the ▁former ▁founded ▁Rome ) ▁were ▁port rayed ▁as ▁having ▁been ▁raised ▁by ▁a ▁she - w olf ▁which ▁su ck led ▁the ▁inf ants , ▁as ▁dep icted ▁in ▁the ▁icon ic ▁image ▁of ▁the ▁Capit oline ▁Wolf . ▁The ▁Greek ▁god ▁Ze us ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁brought ▁up ▁by ▁Am al the a , ▁port rayed ▁various ly ▁as ▁a ▁go at ▁who ▁su ck led ▁the ▁god ▁or ▁as ▁a ▁n ym ph ▁who ▁brought ▁him ▁up ▁on ▁the ▁milk ▁of ▁her ▁go at . ▁Similarly , ▁Tele ph us , ▁the ▁son ▁of ▁the ▁dem ig od ▁Her acles , ▁was ▁su ck led ▁by ▁a ▁de er . ▁Several ▁famous ▁ancient ▁historical ▁figures ▁were ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁su ck led ▁by ▁animals ; ▁C yrus ▁I ▁of ▁Pers ia ▁was ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁su ck led ▁by ▁a ▁dog , ▁while ▁mar es ▁supposed ly ▁su ck led ▁Cro es us , ▁X er xes ▁and ▁L ys im ach us . ▁In ▁reality , ▁though , ▁such ▁stories ▁probably ▁ow ed ▁more ▁to