Missing Illustration - 6. The Distributive Justice of Group Feasts and Banquets

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Query: 6. The Distributive Justice of Group Feasts and Banquets

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Vase paintings depict guests with equal servings, eating and drinking out of identical dishes and cups (Durand and Schnapp[1] 1989: p. 56, Hocart[2] 1970: p. 69, and Illustration 6.1).

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  1. Jean-Louis Durand and Alain Schnapp, “Sacrificial Slaughter and Initiatory Hunt,” in Claude Bérard, et al. (eds.), A City of Images: Iconography and Society in Ancient Greece (Princeton: 1989), p. 56.
  2. Arthur M. Hocart, Kings and Councillors (Chicago: 1970 [1936]), p. 69.