"....even as a bright light at night draws every eye, so by his [Autolycus] beauty drew on him the gaze of all the company [at the banquet]. Not a man was present who did not feel his emotions stirred by the sight of him." (or Cottabus) game, trying to throw a few drops of wine from the bottom of a Kylix onto a specified target. Variations include to spin a cup or Kylix around with one's index figure, aiming the dregs or the cup at some target in the center of the room on the floor. Another possibility was to hit cups floating in a basin with water in order to sink the cups by throwing the wine into them, and the competitor who sank the greatest number was considered victorious. The prizes: cakes or kisses from a serving girl or boy.

A closer look at the pair of two men in love? Or does the young man with the Lyre say “NO” by stretching his hand?

What does the Symposium in the diver Tomb represent? A life, with wine, wife (or man) and song, as it was or as it will be?

Another example of a Greek Fresco (Apulia) from a tomb, 5^th century BC, a funeral dance.