Symposium

:For other meanings see Symposium (disambiguation)

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Originally, the term symposium referred to a drinking party; the Greek verb sympotein means "to drink together". The term has since come to refer to any academic conference, irrespective of drinking. We have literary depictions of symposia in the sympotic elegies of Theognis of Megara, as well as in two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium.

Related Topics:
Academic conference - Theognis - Socratic dialogues - Symposium - Symposium

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