Note 85 — Chapter IV · THE AGE OF ATHLETIC FESTIVALS, SIXTH CENTURY B.C.
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At a later time a drachma was a day’s pay for a sailor, hoplite, or artisan, and in Pericles’ time a juryman received only two obols. In Solon’s time, owing to the scarcity of money, the value of a drachma must have been considerably higher.