Book 19. (1 results) Kajira of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 6 | 321 | If the View more quotes about event">event or performance is an important one, and the ostraka are limited, their number being governed by the seating capacity of the structure or area in question, it is unlikely that they will be publicly displayed until after the event or performance. |
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Book 19. (7 results) Kajira of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 6 | 318 | Some are worn even long after the performance or event in question, perhaps to let people know that one was fortunate enough to have been the witness of a particular event or performance, or perhaps merely because of their intrinsic aesthetic value. |
| 6 | 319 | Some people keep them as souvenirs. |
| 6 | 320 | Others collect them, and buy and sell them, and trade them. |
| 6 | 321 | If the event or performance is an important one, and the ostraka are limited, their number being governed by the seating capacity of the structure or area in question, it is unlikely that they will be publicly displayed until after the event or performance. |
| 6 | 322 | It is too easy to snatch them from about the neck in the market place. |
| 6 | 323 | Too, sometimes rich men have been known to set ruffians on people to obtain them. |
| 6 | 324 | Needless to say some profiteering occasionally takes place in connection with the ostraka, a fellow buying a few for a given price and then trying to sell them for higher prices later outside, say, the stadium or theater. |
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Some are worn even long after the performance or event in question, perhaps to let people know that one was fortunate enough to have been the witness of a particular event or performance, or perhaps merely because of their intrinsic aesthetic value.
Some people keep them as souvenirs.
Others collect them, and buy and sell them, and trade them.
If the event or performance is an important one, and the ostraka are limited, their number being governed by the seating capacity of the structure or area in question, it is unlikely that they will be publicly displayed until after the event or performance.
It is too easy to snatch them from about the neck in the market place.
Too, sometimes rich men have been known to set ruffians on people to obtain them.
Needless to say some profiteering occasionally takes place in connection with the ostraka, a fellow buying a few for a given price and then trying to sell them for higher prices later outside, say, the stadium or theater.
- (Kajira of Gor)