Verify Citation - 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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As Plutarch’s Table Talk (II.10 at 644) observed: “The custom of distributing portions of the meat was abandoned when dinners became extravagant; for it was not possible, I suppose, to divide fancy cakes and Lydian puddings and rich sauces and all sorts of other dishes made of ground and grated delicacies; these luxurious dainties got the better of men and the custom of an equal share for all was abandoned.”
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