A cup-bearer was historically an officer of high rank in royal courts, whose duty was to pour and serve the drinks at the royal table. On account of the...
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Deputy cup-bearer (Polish: Podczaszy) was since the 13th century a court office in Poland and later in Lithuania. Deputy cup-bearer was the deputy of the...
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Joseph (Genesis) (section The silver cup)
The cup-bearer took those grapes and squeezed them into Pharaoh's cup, and placed the cup in Pharaoh's hand. Joseph interpreted this dream as the cup-bearer...
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Ganymede (mythology) (category Cup-bearers)
tells the story of how he was abducted by the gods to serve as Zeus's cup-bearer in Olympus. [Ganymedes] was the loveliest born of the race of mortals...
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for Pharaoh's cup-bearer, and a silver divining cup played a key role in his reconciliation with his brothers. Spa cups are special cups that are used...
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The Cup Bearers is an album by American trumpeter Blue Mitchell recorded in 1962 and released on the Riverside label. Mitchell's group is the Horace Silver...
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Harpocrates (Ἁρποκράτης), god of silence Hebe (Ήβη), goddess of youth and cup-bearer to the Olympians Hermaphroditus (Ἑρμάφρόδιτός), god of hermaphrodites...
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Dish-bearers (often called seneschals by historians) and butlers (or cup-bearers) were thegns who acted as personal attendants of kings in Anglo-Saxon...
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Sargon of Akkad (category Cup-bearers)
until the Gutian conquest of Sumer. The Sumerian King List makes him the cup-bearer to King Ur-Zababa of Kish. His empire, which he ruled from his archaeologically...
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Chancellor Chancery Chapelmaster Chaplain Cofferer Confessor Constable Cup-bearer Dapifer Director of the Royal Collection Doorward Eunuch Falconer Gentleman...
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Miecław (category Cup-bearers)
Miecław (10th/11th century – 1047) was a cup-bearer of king Mieszko II Lambert, who in c. 1038 had proclaimed independence of the state that he ruled,...
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several individuals appear to have been both butler and cup-bearer at different times. The armour-bearer (Latin armiger or armentarius) was in charge of the...
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Nehemiah (category Cup-bearers)
Forefathers In the 20th year of Artaxerxes I (445 or 444 BC), Nehemiah was cup-bearer to the king. Learning that the remnant of Jews in Judah were in distress...
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fails. Having escaped, Arya finds herself trapped in Harrenhal serving as cup bearer to Lannister patriarch Tywin, but manages to escape. Ned's ward, Theon...
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god of festivity, revels and nocturnal dalliances. He is a son and a cup-bearer of the god Dionysus. He was represented as a winged youth or a child-like...
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"Butler (cup-bearer) of Ireland", originating with Theobald Walter, 1st Chief Butler of Ireland. The arms of later family members depicted three cups in recognition...
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Huson suggests that the figure once represented Ganymede, who served as cup bearer to Zeus. Though it is possible that the figure could also be the goddess...
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Hebe (mythology) (category Cup-bearers)
instance, Hephaestus) as the cup bearer of the gods with the divine hero Ganymede acting as Zeus's personal cup bearer. Additionally, Cicero seems to...
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"chief of the princes/cup-bearers" in the Semitic Akkadian and Aramaic languages. The title was given to the chief cup-bearer or the vizier of the Akkadian...
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Grover Underwood, volunteer to help Percy complete the quests. Zeus' cup-bearer, Ganymede, responds to the advert, needing help because his chalice of...
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enforce the Law. In the 20th year of Artaxerxes I of Persia, Nehemiah, cup-bearer to the King in Susa (the Persian capital), learns that the wall of Jerusalem...
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"saqi," or cup-bearer, the poet calling on the latter to bring about the intoxication of mystical experience by pouring wine into the cup. Welch, Anthony...
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Empire where there is evidence of court appointments such as that of cup-bearer which was one of the earliest court appointments and remained a position...
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at the 2022 UCI Track Cycling Nations Cup. Van Aert competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics and was a flag bearer with judoka Maryam March Maharani. 2019...
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Alexander's wives, his generals, his illegitimate half-brother or the royal cup-bearer. The poisoning version is featured particularly in the politically motivated...
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heaven"), but in the ninth year of his reign he was overthrown by his cup-bearer, Anu, and as a result had to flee to the Dark Earth, the underworld. Wilfred...
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Ober-Stallmeister (1766–) Oberjägermeister Ober-Hofmeister (1760–) Ober-Cup-bearer (1762–) not specified Archbishop K-3 Privy Councillor (Tayny sovetnik)...
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and the other who returns to Pharaoh's graces. Joseph begs of Pharaoh's cup-bearer, the prisoner who returns to Pharaoh's graces, to tell Pharaoh of him...
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friend Grover Underwood volunteer to help Percy complete the quests. Zeus' cup-bearer Ganymede responds to the ad, needing help because his chalice of immortality...
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Zeus. Zeus sent His eagle down to bring Ganymede to Olympus to be His cup-bearer." – an excerpt from the Hellenic Temple of Apollon, Zeus, and Pan While...
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