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