An ancient Greek and Roman parlor game in which players attempted to toss wine dregs into a target while reclining, often with amorous or satirical overtones.
From Greek 'kotabos.' The exact origin within Greek is unclear, but the game was popular in classical antiquity and described by ancient authors.
Cottabus sounds silly, but it was a serious aristocratic game—ancient writers devoted passages to it, which tells us that 'trivial' pastimes of the elite often revealed their values, humor, and social hierarchies.
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