Is It a Symposia?

Was this gathering really a symposium before alcibiades arrivedas the drinking was optional? If you trace the way where symposium is used in the dialogues, used by two characters. Supposing it means drinking together, as soon as he agemys just getting together or having sai. Er colk, call it a mailbags question. Well, let's think, let's thank larry for for sharing his thoughts on alciby speech forst ai,. That was as great an whether you bring out, i think you bring some out, some aspect oof his speech that people don't take seriously enough. Thank you Sir.