The wine-party
“convivial gathering”
event · 2 works · 2 mentions · 5 anchored passages
convivial gathering · gathering · institution of drinking · wine-drinking · wine-parties · wine-party
spoken of as
1 expressionWine-party“symposium”1 mention
Protagoras (Greek)
But where the party consists of thorough gentlemen who have had a proper education, you will see neither flute-girls nor dancing-girls nor harp-girls, but only the company contenting themselves with their own conversation, and none of these fooleries and frolics—each speaking and listening decently in his turn, even though they may drink a great deal of wine.
in the texts
Laws
The regulated drinking-party or symposium under discussion, proposed as a beneficial institution and testing-ground for self-control when rightly conducted.
and about the institution of the wine-party in particular it may very likely be shown that it is by no means, as might be thought, a paltry matter which it is absurd to discuss at great length but rather a matter which folly merits prolonged discussion.
You are implying, my friend, as it seems to us, that the convivial gathering, when rightly conducted, is an important element in education.
Then one must also take the same view of the practice of wine-drinking, if one can rightly class it amongst the others.
Protagoras
Social drinking gathering used as an analogy for uneducated versus educated modes of conversation.
But where the party consists of thorough gentlemen who have had a proper education, you will see neither flute-girls nor dancing-girls nor harp-girls, but only the company contenting themselves with their own conversation, and none of these fooleries and frolics—each speaking and listening decently in his turn, even though they may drink a great deal of wine.