Let me suggest three other references for this subject:
1. Sympotica: A symposium on the Symposion, ed. Oswyn Murray, OUP 1990
2. In Vino Veritas, ed. Oswyn Murray and Manuela Tecusan, British School at
Rome c/o The British Academy, London 1995
3. The Aesthetics of the Greek Banquet: Images of Wine and Ritual, Francois
Lissarague, tr. Andrew, Szegedy-Maszak, Princeton, 1990 -- originally
published in 1987, Paris, as Un Flot d'Images: une esthetique du banquet
grec

Sorry if I am duplicating previous citations from the List. I will be happy
to furnish ISBNs if anyone wants them

Barney Rickenbacker, Jr
Cary, NC

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Subject: Re: Drinking games history

Some Greek wine games (played at symposia) are described in Hugh Johnson,
The story of Wine.

Rod Phillips

> In a NY Times article yesterday (
> http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/16/national/16games.html?emc=eta1) about
> drinking games, the writer makes a flip remark that ³Drinking games have
> been around since Dionysus.²  Does anyone know of a source for some early
> drinking games, or the history of drinking games?  I imagine drinking
> contests predate games where drinking is a consequence of some action.
>
> Thanks
> Jim
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