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Examples of cupbearer
cupbearer
For unknown reasons, Ur-Zababa appoints Sargon as his cupbearer.
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Huguet de Guisay had held the office of cupbearer of the king.
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In the fifth century BC, Nehemiah, a lowly cupbearer, asked the Persian king for permission to travel to Judah.
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Tros was consoled that his son was now immortal and would be the cupbearer for the gods, a position of much distinction.
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In Olympus, Zeus granted him eternal youth and immortality and the office of cupbearer to the gods, supplanting Hebe.
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Nehemiah, the king's cupbearer, apparently was also a friend of the king as in that year Artaxerxes inquired after Nehemiah's sadness.
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Hebe was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount Olympus, serving their nectar and ambrosia, until she was married to Heracles.
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- The attendant (usually an officer of a nobleman's household) whose duty is to fill and serve cups of wine
- A cup-bearer was an officer of high rank in royal courts, whose duty it was to serve the drinks at the royal table. On account of the constant fear of plots and intrigues, a person must be regarded as thoroughly trustworthy to hold this position. ...
- One whose profession in general, or role in a particular event, is to carry a cup
- A senior official of the Assyrian court and empire (see The king's advisors).
- An officer of high rank with Egyptian, Persian, Assyrian, and Jewish monarchs. The cup-bearer of the king of Egypt is mentioned in connection with Joseph's history (Gen. 40:1-21; Gen 41:9). Rabshakeh (q.v.) was cup-bearer in the Assyrian court (Kg2 18:17). ...
- An attendant that pours wine, sometimes also a wine taster.
