The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . but Hussey calculates itsweight at fills. i\oz. ^;-^-. If, however, these are reckoned by comparison with ourgold money, they are worth much more. Attic Dry Measures. I Choenixj8 ChoenicesI Medimnus and3 Choenices . I Medimnus I Persian Artaba Gallons. Quarts. — I 12 — 12 % Liquid Measures. Gallons. Choenix ......... — i^ 48 Choenices . . i Amphora ... 9 — Hesychius considers the Aryster to be the same as the Cotyla, which Hussey calculates to holdhalf a pint. Measures of Length. Digit (fingers breadth)Digit

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The boys' and girls' Herodotus; being parts of the history of Herodotus . but Hussey calculates itsweight at fills. i\oz. ^;-^-. If, however, these are reckoned by comparison with ourgold money, they are worth much more. Attic Dry Measures. I Choenixj8 ChoenicesI Medimnus and3 Choenices . I Medimnus I Persian Artaba Gallons. Quarts. — I 12 — 12 % Liquid Measures. Gallons. Choenix ......... — i^ 48 Choenices . . i Amphora ... 9 — Hesychius considers the Aryster to be the same as the Cotyla, which Hussey calculates to holdhalf a pint. Measures of Length. Digit (fingers breadth)Digits .PalmsPalms .Spans or 6 PalmsCubit and 6 DigitsCubits100 Feet or i6f Orgyse 6 Plethra30 Stadia .2 Parasangs .The Egyptian Cubit contained nearly 17-I Arura contained 21,904 square English feet, or a fraction ov 328 Palm (hand-breadth) Span Foot . Cubit . Royal Cubit Fathom (Oigya) . Plethrum .I StadiumI Persian ParasangI Schoenus Miles. Yards. Feet. 364 33202 787494 er half an acre. Inches- ?7584 1-5 9 6 o.

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