Classical Studies 1000 Lecture 6: MIDTERM 2 NOTES

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 1000
• Professor: Christopher Brown

Document Summary

Lots of literature about and for symposium and primary sources (pots) *sympotic vessels* (god of wine on image on side) Lots of literature describing symposium (famous- by plato)= characters. Are historical but could be exaggerated xenophan also described a symposium. People were invited but there were sometimes crashers. All free women vacate downstairs guests stay in andron have dinner person having dinner in honor spot w/ closest guest nearby. Wine, friendship, social bonding in literature but poems and pottery suggest forced drinking (slave holds participant while they vomit) Games, sex, music, main things by slave girls. Ganame- most beautiful boy/ zeus kidnapped/ his job was to refill zeus"s cup. Men at one symposium thought they were on a ship. *important part of man"s life to attend a symposium. Penetrator penetrated (you should be the one penetrating) Apotropaism = warding off evil (penis structures on roads) Greeks didn"t talk about homosexuality b/c it was so common.