Men and Measures

CHAPTER III

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THE STORY OF THE TALENTS

1. The Alexandrian talent 33 The Medimnos 34 2. The lesser Alexandrian or Ptolemaïc talent 35 3. The Greek-Asiatic talent 36 The Metretes 37 4. Roman weights and measures of capacity 38 The new Roman pound 40 5. The Olympic talent 42 6. Greek coin-weights 43 7. The Arabic talent 44 Measures of capacity derived from Arabic linear measures 47