Symposia vs. Symposium

Symposia

Symposia is a genus of South American araneomorph spiders in the family Cybaeidae, and was first described by Eugène Simon in 1898.

Symposiumnoun

A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.

Symposiumnoun

A drinking party in Ancient Greece, especially one with intellectual discussion.

Symposiumnoun

A drinking together; a merry feast.

Symposiumnoun

A collection of short essays by different authors on a common topic; - so called from the appellation given to the philosophical dialogue by the Greeks.

Symposiumnoun

a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

Symposium

In ancient Greece, the symposium (Greek: συμπόσιον symposion or symposio, from συμπίνειν sympinein, ) was a part of a banquet that took place after the meal, when drinking for pleasure was accompanied by music, dancing, recitals, or conversation. Literary works that describe or take place at a symposium include two Socratic dialogues, Plato's Symposium and Xenophon's Symposium, as well as a number of Greek poems such as the elegies of Theognis of Megara.