The word simposio comes from the greek verb sun pino (synpino) that means : drink together and it indicates those big meals frequently in the greek society where men lived and spent their time in evening eating,drinking and making conversations.In the past,the grapes fermentation process was not perfect yet and wine ,that were very stiff,can not were hading purepeople used put down it in a crater (a vase with a big mouth) where it was mixed with water,honey and fragrant spices. Then,from crater, the Kulix,a big cup elegantlty decorated with two handles, was fills, and fellows diner drank from them.Wine time was music ,dance and poetry time too that was composed at the moment thanks to the fantasy stimulated often frome wine.Drinking together with these rituals was onefoundamental practice of aristocrat society in every Mediterranean.Greeks,etruscans and noble indigenous,that leaved in distant places and spoke differents language, knew, when they met to share the same culture.They recognise from their as elegance and refined people,and they made commercial and hospitality agreements. | 
