Kottabos
Kottabos (Ancient Greek: κότταβος) was a party game played at symposia in Ancient Greece. It was popular in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. It was also popular with the Etruscans.
The game is played by flinging a bit of wine from a cup towards a target. The player would utter the name of his lover.[1]
The game was probably of Sicilian origin but spread throughout the Greek world. Many Greek poets mention the game in their works.
By the time of the Roman Empire and the Age of Alexander the Great, the game had died out. It is not mentioned in Latin literature.
Kottabos Media
- Euphronios kottabos 2.jpg
Attic red-figure psykter, by Euphronios, c. 520 BC
- Symposiumnorthwall.jpg
Symposium scene with kottabos player (center). Fresco from the Tomb of the Diver, 475 BC. Paestum National Museum, Italy.
- Cottabos player Louvre CA1585.jpg
Kottabos player; red-figure Attic kylix. Louvre, Paris.
- Woman playing kottabos, plate, by the Bryn Mawr Painter, Attic Greek, c. 480 BC, red-figure terracotta - Sackler Museum - Harvard University - DSC01771.jpg
Woman playing kottabos, plate, by the Bryn Mawr Painter, Attic Greek, c. 480 BC. Sackler Museum, Harvard University.
References
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