Symposium

This tag refers to the ancient Greek symposion (i.e. συμπόσιον), a type of feast during which the participants reclined on couches.

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Drink, talk, and praise the gods!

Drink, talk, and praise the gods!

Cultural aspects of the Athenian symposium

8 min read

Nisus and Euryalus

Nisus and Euryalus

Poetry as philosophy

9 min read

Flattening the palaestra ground

Flattening the palaestra ground

A red-figure cup from Rhodes

4 min read

A portrait of Apollo?

A portrait of Apollo?

Examining a black-figure olpe in Rhodes

5 min read

Curating in colour

Curating in colour

Seeing Blackness in post-18th century Greco-Roman collecting culture

12 min read

Debauchery in ancient Athens

Debauchery in ancient Athens

Why would someone want to go to a symposium?

9 min read

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey

The glory of Athens

13 min read

Archilochus

Archilochus

A poet and a mercenary?

8 min read

Visiting Paestum

Visiting Paestum

A site and museum in Southern Italy

11 min read

A look at Lydian warfare

A look at Lydian warfare

10 min read