customs
The Symposium
symposion
The Greek aristocratic drinking party at which reclining men shared mixed wine in measured rounds, with conversation, poetry, music, and games governed by a symposiarch.
Where this idea shows up
11 Greek sources·1 Jewish-canon citationWhere to read it
- Xenophon· Athens
- Cyropaedia354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- Memorabilia354 BCEXenophon· Athens
- Quaestiones Convivales120 CEPlutarch· Chaeronea
- Mishnah Pesachim200 CE· Yavneh· cited in the Jewish canon
- Deipnosophistae230 CEAthenaeus of Naucratis· Naucratis