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- The Greek banquet, or "Symposium," typically extended until dawn, featuring discussions on diverse topics, exemplified by Plato's dialogue on Love.
- Hetaeras, distinct from ordinary women, attended these events, enjoying freedoms such as managing possessions and moving freely.
- Music played a crucial role in the banquet, with instruments like the lyre and aulos enhancing the atmosphere while guests recited short poems.
- The symposium provided a setting for relaxation and enjoyment, with guests reclining on tappets where food was served.
- Wine was the central element of the feast, often mixed with water, honey, and accompanied by a variety of snacks and delicacies.
The banquet (or "Symposium") often lasted until dawn: participants discussed a variety of topics, as the famous dialogue revealed by the philosopher Plato, the Symposium, where the guests discuss about Love (among the guests there are the philosopher Socrates, the comic poet Aristophanes, the tragic poet Agathon, the host, the Etruscan and Roman drinking parties and physician the unscrupulous politician Alcibiades).
The banquet was graced by the presence of hetaeras, prostitutes that, unlike ordinary women, were seized, could handle the belongings and exit freely.
The music was an essential and fundamental element of the feast.
The symposium was a moment of pleasure and relaxation: they enjoy the banquet comfortably on tappets (where the food is laid). The "Lord" of the symposium was of course the wine. Accompanied by cheese, olives, dried fruit and snacks spicy, salty or could be served cold, but also warm, scented or flavored; was always mixed with water, sometimes with honey.
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