Antiphata

Antiphata ( ancient Greek Ἀντιφάτα ) is a person from Greek mythology .

Antiphata is only known from an inscription on a red-figure skyphos from Chiusi , attributed to the Penelope Painter (around 450-400 BC) , where she washes the feet of Odysseus, disguised as a beggar, after his return to Ithaca and thus recognizes him . In literary records the slave is called Eurycleia .

literature

• Konrad Wernicke : Antiphata . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 682.