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53.4 Having determined to make an attack upon the prevailing luxury, and to do away with the rivalry for riches, he instituted the common meals. And in answer to those who sought to know why he had established these, and had divided the citizens, when under arms, into small companies, he said, So that they may get their orders promptly, and, in case they cherish any radical designs, the offence may be confined to a small number; also that there may be for all an equal portion of food and drink, and so that not only in drink or food, but in bedding or furniture or anything else whatsoever, the rich man may have no advantage at all over the poor man. Plutarch amplifies this account in his Life of Lycurgus, chap. x. (45 B).

53.5 Having made wealth unenviable, since nobody could make any use or show of it, he said to his intimate friends, What a good thing it is, my friends, to show in actual practice the true characteristic of wealth, that it is blind! Ibid. (45 C).

53.6 He took good care that none should be allowed to dine at home and then come to the common meal stuffed with other kinds of food and drink. The rest of the company used to berate the man who did not drink or eat with them, because they felt that he was lacking in self-control, and was too soft for the common way of living. war, wished to dine at home with his wife on this one day, and sent for his allowance of food; but the military commanders would not send it; and the following day, when the matter was disclosed to the Ephors, he was fined by them. Cf. Plutarch’s Life of Lycurgus, chap. xii. (46 C).

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