Motif
moderate communal feast with hymns to the gods
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A motif of the Sacred Substance and Divine Intoxication family, within the sub-family Banquets, Wedding Feasts, and Brewing. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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The Republic THE REPUBLIC. / PERSONS OF THE DIALOGUE. / BOOK I. / BOOK II.; lines 10980-11113 confidence: medium
The simple city produces food, clothes, shoes, and houses; citizens work seasonally, eat bread and cakes, recline on simple bedding, drink wine, wear garlands, hymn the gods, converse, and limit family size according to means.
Citizens and children feast, drink wine, wear garlands, hymn the gods, and converse happily in the simple city.
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