TIL why symposiasts reclined on couches on three sides of the ἀνδρών.
On a lighter note from the Caucasus, here is a dance troupe* who are perfect to read Kevin Wald by, and suggest what the entertainment at a symposium might have looked like, in the early hours before all the lightweights were sent home (or at least to dark corners) with the αὐλητής, and the hardcore participants could get down to philosophizing for the ages.