A history of tipsification

Far from being the sedate lectures academics see , symposia in ancient Greece were wine - stravaganzas . The kind of cups the Greeks imbibe from turns out to say a set about them .

At these symposia , drinking was mandatory . At first they were just for the elite , and the cup were just meant to get the wine to their mouths . As Hellenic society opened up and egalitarianism put in , symposia were held by everyone — so the style of wine crank inflate , since everyone was looking for the new , voguish affair . plain it take 200 years for the Greeks to get sick of ‘ stemmed vessels ’ and towards the end of the classical period , interior decorator knock - offs plagued the market . In another 2000 years , I inquire what archeologists will make of the wide - mouth movement .

Find out the accomplished story of chugging atPhysorg .

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