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  • In some places he pays an annual tribute in grapes, corn and other produce.
  • A metropolis demanded tribute and military support from its subject cities but left their local cults and customs unaffected.
  • This latter idea was the more likely to arise, as the gift theory of sacrifice is closely associated with that of the god as the ruler or king to whom man brings a tribute, just as he had to appear before his earthly king bearing gifts in his hands.
  • The estimated gross revenue is £27,189; the tribute, £1460.
  • It is difficult, moreover, not to connect the repeated wall-paintings and reliefs of the palace illustrating the cruel bull sports of the Minoan arena, in which girls as well as youths took part, with the legend of the Minotaur, or bull of Minos, for whose grisly meals Athens was forced to pay annual tribute of her sons and daughters.
 
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