Editing Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (section)

===Dining and cuisine===
{{further|Ancient Greek cuisine|Wine in ancient Greece}}
[[File:Banquet, tombe d'Agios Athanasios.jpg|thumb|A [[banquet]] scene from a Macedonian tomb of [[Agios Athanasios, Thessaloniki]], 4th{{nbsp}}century{{nbsp}}BC; shown are six men [[Symposium|reclining on couches]], with food arranged on nearby tables, a male servant in attendance, and female musicians providing entertainment.<ref>{{harvnb|Cohen|2010|p=28}}.</ref>]]

Ancient Macedonia produced only a few fine foods or beverages that were highly appreciated elsewhere in the Greek world, including [[eel]]s from the [[Strymonian Gulf]] and special [[History of wine|wine]] produced in [[Chalcidice]].<ref name="dalby 1997 157">{{harvnb|Dalby|1997|p=157}}.</ref> The earliest known use of flat bread as a plate for meat was made in Macedonia during the 3rd{{nbsp}}century{{nbsp}}BC, which perhaps influenced the later [[Trencher (tableware)|trencher bread]] of [[medieval Europe]].<ref name="dalby 1997 157"/> [[Cattle]] and [[goat]]s were consumed, although there was no notice of Macedonian mountain [[History of cheese|cheeses]] in literature until the [[Middle Ages]].<ref name="dalby 1997 157"/> The comedic playwright [[Menander]] wrote that Macedonian dining habits penetrated [[History of Athens|Athenian]] high society; for instance, the introduction of meats into the [[dessert]] course of a meal.<ref>{{harvnb|Dalby|1997|pp=155–156}}.</ref> The Macedonians also most likely introduced ''mattye'' to Athenian cuisine, a dish usually made of chicken or other spiced, salted, and sauced meats served [[Full course dinner|during the wine course]].<ref>{{harvnb|Dalby|1997|p=156}}.</ref> This particular dish was derided and connected with licentiousness and drunkenness in a play by the Athenian comic poet [[Alexis (poet)|Alexis]] about the declining morals of Athenians in the age of [[Demetrius I of Macedon]].<ref>{{harvnb|Dalby|1997|pp=156–157}}.</ref>

The ''[[symposium]]'' in the Macedonian and wider Greek realm was a banquet for the nobility and privileged class, an occasion for feasting, drinking, entertainment, and sometimes [[Symposium (Plato)|philosophical discussion]].<ref>{{harvnb|Anson|2010|p=10}}; {{harvnb|Cohen|2010|p=28}}.</ref> The ''[[hetairoi]]'', leading members of the Macedonian [[aristocracy]], were expected to attend such feasts with their king.<ref name="anson 2010 10">{{harvnb|Anson|2010|p=10}}.</ref> They were also expected to accompany him on royal hunts for the acquisition of [[game meat]] as well as for sport.<ref name="anson 2010 10"/>