Nestor's Cup (Mycenae)

The Cup of Nestor or dove cup is a gold goblet discovered in 1876 by Heinrich Schliemann in Shaft IV of Grave Circle A, Mycenae.[1] The cup has two handles, each decorated with a golden bird, which Schliemann observed was reminiscent of the cup of Nestor described in the Iliad.[2] The birds have since been identified by Spiros Marinatos as falcons, rather than the doves which are on the Iliadic cup.[3] J.T. Hooker suggests that the cup is an adaptation of a Cretan design made by a craftsman on the Greek mainland.[4]

"Nestor's cup" from Mycenae

References
  1. Gaunt 2017, p. 108.
  2. Schliemann 2010, pp. 235–236.
  3. Gaunt 2017, p. 109.
  4. Hooker 1976, pp. 40–41.

Works cited
  • Gaunt, Jasper (2017). "Nestor's Cup and its Reception". In Slater, Niall W. (ed.). Voice and Voices in Antiquity.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Hooker, J.T. (1976). Mycenaean Greece.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Schliemann, Heinrich (2010) [1878]. Mycenae: A Narrative of Researches and Discoveries at Mycenae and Tiryns.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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