Verify Citation - 6. The Distributive Justice of Group Feasts and Banquets
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Herodotus (The Histories VII.1189) said that “The Greek cities that took on the billeting of the Persian troops during the Greek campaign of Xerxes fell into dire straits, the citizens even being deprived of their houses and property. The arrival of the troops would be announced beforehand and the order would be given to the effect that everyone should set about the procurement of reserves of foodstuffs. Over the course of many months they threshed the wheat and barley grain and fattened livestock and poultry. They also procured gold and silver goblets and other table utensils, which the Persians then carried off with them.
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