CLAS 1270 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Agathodaemon, Wax Tablet, Hygieia

• School: University of Manitoba
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: CLAS 1270
• Professor: Nau Robert

Document Summary

Room for parties in the house was called the andron. On vases - aristocrats are big and slaves are small. Have the symposium after dinner so people stay longer. Usually about 9 guests but range from 3-12. Athenians scared of people meet in large groups - overthrow government. Door was off centred into the room to better fit couches in. Sing hymns to apollo: had about 4 couches - people share, table beside them for food and wine, room decorated with tapestries to show off their taste. Before wine was mixed - a small toast was made in honor of agathos daimon: good spirits. Host bowed three times and poured a libation to: zeus and the olympians, to the spirits of the heroes, to zeus soter - protector. Over the course of the evening it was expected that a song would be sung to apollo. And to hygeia - goddess of health. The drinking master was called the symposiarch.