A dictionary of Greek and Roman . l practice,and Xenophon in his Symposium represents So-crates mightily pleased with the mimetic dancingand other feats performed on that occasion. Thefemale dancers and the players on the flute andthe cithara were frequently introduced at theSymposia of young men for another purpose, andwere oftentimes actually haipai [Hetaerae],as we see clearly represented on many ancient vases.(See for example Mus. Borbon. vol. v. t. 51.) Re-specting the different kinds of dances performed atSymposia, see Saltatio. Representations of Symposia are very commonon
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . l practice,and Xenophon in his Symposium represents So-crates mightily pleased with the mimetic dancingand other feats performed on that occasion. Thefemale dancers and the players on the flute andthe cithara were frequently introduced at theSymposia of young men for another purpose, andwere oftentimes actually haipai [Hetaerae],as we see clearly represented on many ancient vases.(See for example Mus. Borbon. vol. v. t. 51.) Re-specting the different kinds of dances performed atSymposia, see Saltatio. Representations of Symposia are very commonon ancient vases. Two guests usually reclined oneach couch (kXipti), as is explained on p. 305, andillustrated by the following cut from one of Sir vases, where the couch on the righthand contains two persons, and that on the left isrepresented with only one, which does not appearto have been the usual practice. The guests weargarlands of flowers, and the two who are recliningon the same couch hold a <pid\r\ each in the Sometimes there were four or five persons onone couch, as in the following woodcut, takenfrom Millin (Peintures de Vases Antiques, vol. 58). Three young and two older men are re-clining on a couch (/caiVtj), with their left armsresting on striped pillows (-rrpoaKecpaXaia or viray-Kwvia). Before the couch are two tables. Threeof the men are holding a calix or /cuAz£ suspendedby one of the handles to the fore-finger, the fourthholds a (pidXr), and the fifth a (pid\T] in one handand a pvrov in the other. [Calix ; Phiala ;Rhvton.] In the middle Coraos is beating thetympanum. 1084 SYNDICUS. SYNEGORUS. Respecting the games and amusements by whichthe Symposia were enlivened, it is unnecessary tosay much here, as most of them are described inseparate articles in this work. Enigmas or riddles(alvLj/jt-aTa or yplcpoi) were among the most usualand favourite modes of diversion. [Aenigma.]The Cottabos was also another favourite game atSymposi
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