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Chapter 5: Symposia, Seals, & Ceramics in the Archaic Period (D.…
Chapter 5: Symposia, Seals, & Ceramics in the Archaic Period
A. The Symposium
Wealthy men have banquets, drink together
Room with couches, lean on left arm, eat and drink with right arm
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Krater-mixing bowl, one depicted Niobe
Prostitutes: older men seducing younger men. Advantages: entrance to complex political world, lavish gifts
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B. Seals
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Use gemstones as a stamp in soft wax, producing an image in relief
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D. Tyranny
Greeks didn't have negative connotation, but political phenomenon
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Not stable, gets into position by force, low loyalty, has to work hard
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Polycrates of Samos: artificial harbour, 1 km long tunnel for water, 2 lyric poets to court
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