Kottabos
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Kottabos was a game of skill played at Ancient Greek and Etruscan symposia, especially in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It involved flinging wine lees at a target in the middle of the room. The winner
Kottabos player, red-figure plate, c. 500 BC, Bryn Mawr College
Attic red-figure psykter, by Euphronios, c. 520 BC
Symposium scene with kottabos player (center). Fresco from the Tomb of the Diver, 475 BC. Paestum National Museum, Italy.
Kottabos player; red-figure Attic kylix. Louvre, Paris.
Symposium (ancient Greece)
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In Ancient Greece, the symposium was the part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, or conversation. Literary works that
Kottabos
…Kottabos (Ancient Greek: κότταβος) was a game of skill played at Ancient Greek and Etruscan symposia (drinking parties), especially in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. It involved flinging wine lees at a target in the middle of the room. The winner would receive a prize…
A symposium scene on a fresco in the Tomb of the Diver from the Greek colony of Paestum, in Italy, 480–470 BC
A female aulos-player entertains men at a symposium on this Attic red-figure bell-krater, c. 420 BC.
Plato's Symposium, depiction by Anselm Feuerbach
Banquet scene from a Temple of Athena (6th century BC relief)