Original Language Term Required. An activity held during these events had variants in which participants sink oxybapha and another which produced a loud sound when the plastinx and manes collided. These events, which took place in the andrōn, saw participants sing improvised skolia poetry while being entertained by hetaira. “Confronted” leopards are depicted above this type of event in their eponymous Etruscan tomb. A game of kottabos is depicted on a fresco of one of these events in the Tomb of the Diver, in which (*) reclining participants fling dregs at a central target. In one work, one of these events held in Agathon’s house features speeches on the nature of Eros and ends with an inebriated Alcibiades confessing his sexual fantasies about Socrates. For 10 points, name these ancient Greek drinking parties which title a Platonic dialogue about love. ■END■
ANSWER: symposia [or symposium; prompt on banquets or feasts or parties; prompt on drinking parties prior to mention; prompt on kottabos prior to mention by asking “what events typically featured that game?”]
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