Associations to the word «Symposium»

Wiktionary

SYMPOSIUM, noun. A conference or other meeting for discussion of a topic, especially one in which the participants make presentations.
SYMPOSIUM, noun. (in ancient Greece) A drinking party, especially one with intellectual discussion.

Dictionary definition

SYMPOSIUM, noun. A meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca