XVII Convivium — The Banquet
Scopas, Simonides, Crito, Democritus, Polaemon
Concerning Scopas, see Cicero, book 2, de Orat. As to Polaemon, see Val. Max. bk. 6, cap. 11. There are three kinds of banquets, είλαπίνη, a magnificent and splendid banquet; γάμος, a nuptial banquet; and ἔρανος, when each guest came at his own expense and brought his own food. Homer links together those forms of banquets: εἰλαπίνη ἠὲ γάμος· ἐπεὶ οὐκ ἔρανος τάδε γ’ ἐστί (Odyssea, i. 226).
The parts of this dialogue are these: Initium, apparatus, finis. Apparatus contains two courses.
COURSES
| First | { | Cibus | { | Panis Obsonia | { | Carnes Pultes Pisces |
| Potus | { | Vinum Aqua Cerevisia Pocula | ||||
| Second | { | Fructus Casei Tragemata | ||||