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  • Athenian citizens of the highest economic class whose annual income equaled or exceeded five hundred medimnoi of grain see medimnos.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Persian measure and holds more than the medimnos of

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Athenian citizens of the highest economic class whose annual income equaled or exceeded five hundred medimnoi of grain see medimnos.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Lacedemonian {medimnos} being equal to rather more than two bushels.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • [197] The Attic _medimnos_ (= 48 _choinikes_) was rather less than 12 gallons.

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • The {medimnos} is really about a bushel and a half.

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

  • In Athens, for instance, the _medimnos_ of wheat cost ordinarily five drachmas, but during the siege by Sulla it rose to

    System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855

  • 207 The Attic medimnos (= 48 choinikes) was rather less than 12 gallons.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • 1155 The {medimnos} is about a bushel and a half, and is equal to 48 {khoinikes}.

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • Artabazos had this province from the king, there came in to him every day an _artab_ full of silver coin (now the _artab_ is a Persian measure and holds more than the _medimnos_ of Attica [197] by three

    The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

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