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The Origin of Metallic Currency and Weight Standards

Note 11 — Chapter I · The Ox and the Talent in Homer.

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Iliad, XVIII. 507, 8,

κεῖτο δ’ ἄρ’ ἐν μέσσοισι δύω χρυσοῖο τάλαντα, τῷ δόμεν, ὃς μετὰ τοῖσι δίκην ἰθύντατα εἴπῃ.

See Appendix A for a linguistic proof that the two talents were for the Judge.

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