Meaning of symposion | Babel Free

Definitions

A drinking together; a symposium.

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Examples

“Captain Waverley,—my young and esteemed friend, Mr Falconer of Balmawhapple, has craved of my age and experience⟳, as of one not wholly unskilled in the dependencies and punctilios of the duello or monomachia, to be his interlocutor in expressing to you the regret⟳ with which he calls to remembrance certain passages of our symposion last⟳ night, which could not but be highly displeasing to you, as serving for the time under this present⟳ existing government.”

“The imagery is that of marriage, the iconographic theme was borrowed from the banquet, but these divine couples are not participating in a symposion.”

“The addition of inscribed names can indicate⟳ that the symposion is mythological, as on the Eurytios krater, where Herakles is depicted banqueting as a guest of the king (Paris, Musée du Louvre, E635, Payne, 1931: pl. 27).”

“Thus, what begins as a komastic venture does not end⟳ in a symposion, even though the action keeps it firmly in mind⟳.”

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