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By Marek Wecowski

within the upward thrust of the Greek Aristocratic dinner party, Wecowski bargains a finished account of the origins of the symposion and its shut courting with the increase of the Greek city-state or polis. extensively outlined as a culture-oriented aristocratic ceremonial dinner, the symposion—which actually capacity 'drinking together'—was a nocturnal wine get together held by means of Greek aristocrats from Homer to Alexander the nice. Its virtue used to be the the most important significance of
diverse cultural competitions, together with improvising convivial poetry, one of the visitors. Cultural abilities and talents have been a prerequisite to ensure that one to be incorporated in elite ingesting circles, and, as such, the symposion served as a discussion board for the typical collection of Greek aristocracy.

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