page_title: Symposium
hierarchical_section_title: Symposium
caption_attribution_description: English: Symposium scene: banqueters playing the kottabos game while a girl plays the aulos. A wreath hanging on the wall. Laurel wreaths on the heads. Attic red-figure bell-krater. Español: Escena de simposio: simposiastas están jugando al cótabo mientras una joven toca el aulos. Cratera de campana ática de figuras rojas. Français&#160;: Scène de banquet&#160;: des banqueteurs jouent au cottabe pendant qu'une jeune fille joue de l'aulos. Cratère en cloche attique à figures rouges.
context_page_description: A symposium was a drinking party in Ancient Greece. Guests were males. Well bred women did not attend. Boys or slave girls served the food and drink, danced, juggled, played music, or otherwise entertained the assembly. These servers were usually nude. The symposium was an aristocratic institution often held to celebrate a young man's entry into adult society, an athletic victory, or a poetic achievement. It was an occasion for male conversation and debate. Party-goers reclined on couches and pillows. Guests played a game called kottabos, wrestled, and held song contests. A symposium is described in Plato's The Symposium. The party is attended by Socrates and the young, drunken, and nearly nude Alcibiades.
context_section_description: A symposium (plural: symposia) was a drinking party in Ancient Greece. Guests were males. Well bred women did not attend. Boys or slave girls served the food and drink, danced, juggled, played music, or otherwise entertained the assembly. These servers were usually nude. The symposium was an aristocratic institution often held to celebrate a young man's entry into adult society, an athletic victory, or a poetic achievement. It was an occasion for male conversation and debate. Party-goers reclined on couches and pillows. Guests played a game called kottabos, wrestled, and held song contests. A symposium is described in Plato's The Symposium. The party is attended by Socrates and the young, drunken, and nearly nude Alcibiades.
caption: Nude guest wear wreaths, play kottabos, and recline on couches and pillows while a female slave plays the aulos
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