What do classicists do to entertain themselves? How about putting on elaborate classically themed murder mystery dinners?
When the invitations were given, each person was assigned the character of a Greek god. We were all to dress as these gods and remain in character the entire evening.
Guests entered the Roman villa to a mystically foggy billiard room:
We were each given two cards, every card having the name of a suspect, murder instrument, and location. The game was played similarly to Clue, in that we had to guess based on deduction. We could form pacts, sneak peeks at others cards, or resort to outright tackling (as happened to me). Smaller games were played for extra cards, and every person had a special word which, when uttered by any other, would merit a peek at one of that person’s cards. And of course, dinner was served.
It was, in all, a wonderfully nerdy and fun evening. Check here for the full album, but you can find a few pictures below.
I love the idea of solving the murder of a god. Aren’t they supposed to be immortal? Wait. These are Greek gods, aren’t they? Now I’m just confused. But you knew that.
Oh, no. The premise is as follows:
“Zeus’ latest mortal lover has been MURDERED by another god!!! Racked with grief, and unable to face his fellow deities, Zeus has ordered us to discover who among ourselves is the killer.”