The winner gets to choose first

[fr] Joueur de cottabe. Intérieur d'une coupe attique à figures rouges, vers 510 av. J.-C. Provenance : Grèce.
[en] Cottabos player. Interior from an Attic red-figure kylix, ca. 510 BC. From Greece.


Kottabos (Greek κότταβος) was a game of skill popular for a long time at ancient Greek and Etruscan symposia (drinking parties), especially in the 5th and 4th centuries BC. The game is played by flinging wine lees at targets. The player would utter the name of the object of his affection.

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