Chapter Chatter

Socrates and Aristophanes were drinking together at Agathon´s house. Seems that Agathon had just won a prize for writing his first tragedy and the boys were celebrating their friend´s success. In the manner of such lubricated gatherings, the discussion rambled a bit, beginning with an argument about just how heavy the drinking was going to be. A handful of a dozen or so of Athen´s fairest youths had been imbibing since the previous day and were urging restraint. Others were in a more celebratory mood. Being a consensus-driven gathering, they ultimately resolved that ??drinking was not to be the order of the day, but that there were all to drink only so much as they pleased.??