Thus, we understand that generally, symposia took place as celebration for a specific cause, such as marriage. When we analyze these examples of the symposium in ancient literature, we find that the driving force for the behavior of aristocrats at symposiums was their desire to boast about their wealth...
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It is for this reason that the rooms in which symposia took place were always the most luxurious and lavish in the household. Furthermore, the guest-list often included some of the most intellectual individuals of its time so as to make the symposium a more extravagant event. The following statement by Philo from “The Symposium, or The Lapiths” clearly reflects these matters: “A virtual shrine of the Muses… this symposium of the foremost wise men… I praise Aristaenetus because he deemed it fitting, when celebrating the most-prayed-for festival, to entertain the wisest men… by adorning this festival with the chief representative of every school and discipline, not some and not others, but all together...
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