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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“Wine was drunk both at the meal and afterward, often in an undue quantity; and the close of the feast was apt to be a scene of general turmoil and confusion,” such as was described by Xenophon (Cyrop. I.3) and Herodotus (I.133).

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