Though not as unbridled as the orgies I listed yesterday this feast is definitely one of the most over-the-top feasts. I've always had issues with this gargantuan feast thinking it's sorta improbable since it takes place on a ship.
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Though not as unbridled as the orgies I listed yesterday this feast is definitely one of the most over-the-top feasts. I've always had issues with this gargantuan feast thinking it's sorta improbable since it takes place on a ship.
The barge seems much more lavish inside than viewed from the river as it passes by ..... there's also Cleo's lavish sleeping quarters downstairs.
ReplyDeleteI always thought that Greeks and Romans ate reclining, not sitting upright ? Ptolemaic banquets were the stuff of legend, and Cleo is said to have given her guests the golden, jewel-encrusted serviceware (plates, goblets, etc.) they ate from. The floors would be strewn with rose petals, etc.
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