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Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

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Citrus fruit also figures prominently in the iconography of Renaissance art. "Hardly any picture of the Last Supper doesn't have some citrus on the table," Professor Mabberley observes.