| LC control no. | sh 89005058 |
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| Topical heading | Symposium (Classical Greek drinking party) |
| Variant(s) | Symposion (Classical Greek drinking party) |
| See also | Drinking customs |
| Found in | Work cat.: Sympotica : the Papers of a Symposium on the Symposium, 1990. Kleine Pauly. Ox. classic. dict. (A symposium was a Greek drinking party that followed the evening meal. After libations had been poured and a hymn sung there was drinking according to an agreed procedure; the wine was diluted with water in various proportions. The participants were garlanded and many used perfume. Some did not drink; others displayed riotous intemperance. In addition to conversation the guests told riddles and fables, and sang capped drinking-songs (see SCOLIA), and pieces of verse from traditional classics or recent drama. Games were played ... There was usually a woman pipe-player, and displays of dancing, acrobatics, and miming were often given by hired performers.) Harper's dict. classic. lit. |
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