The Symposium: How To Party Like An Ancient Greek (opens in new tab)

Listen to The Symposium: How To Party Like An Ancient Greek from The Ancients. In Ancient Greece, the symposium was no ordinary after-dinner drinking party, but one in which the Hellenic men of society got together to wine, recline and philosophise. They took various forms depending on the whim of the leader of the symposium - the symposiarch - but were exclusively male affairs (aside from the occasional courtesan or two).In this episode Tristan is joined by Michael Scott, Professor of Classi...