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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Symposium
Britannica 11thSYMPOSIUM (Gr. ffviMTrtxnov, a drinking party, from <Tv/j.mvtw, to drink together, avv, with, and irivtiv, to drink, root iro, cf. Lat. polar -e, to drink, poculum, cup), the convivial drinking which took place alter a great banquet, accompanied by intellectua ...
Vol. 26, pp. 291-291
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