Kottabos: Ancient Greek Game

New: Water Duel! Challenge friends to a live wine-flinging showdown — plus the real history of the ancient Greek game of kottabos.

Kottabos brings the ancient Greek symposium to your pocket — part interactive history lesson, part skill game.

Kottabos (κότταβος) was the favourite game of the Greek drinking party: guests flicked the last drops of wine from their cups at a balanced target, calling out names and omens. This app teaches you the real history — drawn from ancient writers like Pollux and Athenaeus — and lets you play a modern take on it.

LEARN • Illustrated topics on the game's history, apparatus, and technique • A glossary of Greek terms, with transliterations and meanings • Honest about what the sources do and don't tell us

PLAY • Flick your cup at the target in two modes: topple the bronze disk on the pole, or sink the floating saucers • Practise solo, or play against a bot

VERSUS — live multiplayer • Create a private room and challenge friends, or quick-match an open room • First to 5 hits wins; chat with your opponents at the table