Hecamede

For some,[1] this cup shows Hecamede mixing kykeon for Nestor. Tondo of an Attic red-figure cup, ca. 490 BC. From Vulci.

In the Iliad, Hecamede (Ancient Greek: Ἑκαμήδη), daughter of Arsinoos, was captured from the isle of Tenedos and given as captive to King Nestor. In her most prolonged mention, she serves Pramnian wine, a medicinal drink, to Nestor and Machaon.[2]

  1. ^ A. Dalby, Siren Feasts, London, 1996, p.151
  2. ^ Homer, Iliad, 11. 624 - 635; see also 14. 6