Nestor's Cup

The term Cup of Nestor or Nestor's Cup can refer to:

  1. A golden mixing cup, described in Homer's Iliad, belonging to Nestor, the king of Pylos.
  2. A golden goblet, found at Mycenae, which the excavator, Heinrich Schliemann, identified as the cup of Nestor described in the Iliad.
  3. A clay drinking vessel of the 8th century BC found at Pithekoussai, Ischia (Italy), which bears a famous inscription calling itself Nestor's cup.

Read more about Nestor's Cup:  The Cup of Nestor in The Iliad, The "Cup of Nestor" From Mycenae, The "Cup of Nestor" From Pithekoussai, See Also

Famous quotes containing the word cup:

    “In poorer lands
    No one touches the water of life.
    It has no taste
    And though it refreshes absolutely
    It is a cup that must also pass
    Until everybody
    Gets some advantage....”
    —John Ashbery (b. 1927)