Book 11. (7 results) Slave Girl of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 5 | 144 | The journey itself, overland and afoot from Fortress of Saphronicus to Ti, would take several days, but it was ceremonially prolonged in order that the four tributary villages of Fortress of Saphronicus might be visited. |
| 5 | 145 | It is not unusual for a Gorean city to have several villages in its vicinity, these customarily supplying it with meat and produce. |
| 5 | 146 | These villages may or may not be tributary to the city. |
| 5 | 147 | It is common, of course, for a city to protect those villages, whether they are tributary to the city or not, which make use of its market. |
| 5 | 148 | If a village markets in a given city, that city, by Gorean custom, stands as its shield, a relationship which, of course, works to the advantage of both the villages and city, the city receiving produce in its markets, the villages receiving the protection of the city's soldiers. |
| 5 | 149 | The policy of Fortress of Saphronicus, extending its hegemony politically over its nearby villages, even to the extent of exacting tribute in kind, is not unprecedented on Gor, but, on the other hand, is not the general rule. |
| 5 | 150 | Most villages are free villages. |
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The journey itself, overland and afoot from Fortress of Saphronicus to Ti, would take several days, but it was ceremonially prolonged in order that the four tributary villages of Fortress of Saphronicus might be visited.
It is not unusual for a Gorean city to have several villages in its vicinity, these customarily supplying it with meat and produce.
These villages may or may not be tributary to the city.
It is common, of course, for a city to protect those villages, whether they are tributary to the city or not, which make use of its market.
If a village markets in a given city, that city, by Gorean custom, stands as its shield, a relationship which, of course, works to the advantage of both the villages and city, the city receiving produce in its markets, the villages receiving the protection of the city's soldiers.
The policy of Fortress of Saphronicus, extending its hegemony politically over its nearby villages, even to the extent of exacting tribute in kind, is not unprecedented on Gor, but, on the other hand, is not the general rule.
Most villages are free villages.
- (Slave Girl of Gor, Chapter )