Note 224 — BOOK XXXIV
Evelyn S. (Evelyn Shirley) Shuckburgh translation
To enable the reader to follow this list of prices, a short table is here sub-joined of Greek weights and money,—though he must be warned that values varied at different times and places,—with approximate values in English weights and money.
1 obol = 1/40 oz. = 1/8 shilling.
6 obols = 1 drachma = 3/20 oz. 9d.
100 drachmae = 1 mina = 15-1/2 oz. £3 : 18 : 6.
60 minae = 1 talent = 57 lbs. £235.
A medimnus = 11 gals. 4 pts. (dry measure).
A metreta = 8 gals. 5 pts. (liquid measure).