Vocabulary:
lcsh
Type:
Topic
Note:
Work cat.: Sympotica : the Papers of a Symposium on the Symposium, 1990.
Note:
Kleine Pauly.
Note:
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.)
Note:
Harper's dict. classic. lit.
