Ancient Greek symposiums were subject to a long list of customs and rules, which aimed to guide participants through the ...

The symposium, derived from the Greek words meaning ... The word skolion means “sideways” in ancient Greek, a reference to how the guests took turns to sing, afterward passing a myrtle ...

Whereas the traditional center of intellectual life in Ancient Greece had been the symposium, the drinking parties held by wealthy aristocrats, in Athens the focus of intellectual enquiry began to ...