Caroline Icardo

Quenched Thirst

"Quenched Thirst” represents Queen Tomyris, who ruled the Massagetae, an Iranian people from central Asia. It is said that she killed Cyrus the Great when he bested her troops by leaving behind a camp filled with wine (something that they barely drank) and slaying them after they were drunk. She said she would give him his fill of blood, and eventually did when she stuffed his head in a blood-filled wine sack.