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[432] “ἂν δὲ συβώτης κτλ.” ‘In Greece this is still done with great ceremony, and beforehand. The host stands, and picks over the whole dish of bits, putting fair equivalents towards each of the guests, before helping on to the plates—a clear survival from the plateless stage’ ( L. M.J. ).

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