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Definition of Drachmae
1. drachma [n] - See also: drachma
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drachmae
Literary usage of Drachmae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thucydides Translated Into Englishby Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"The contributions of the towns admitting comparison are fixed in the earlier
quota lists at 15 talents 2530 drachmae, in the fragments of quota lists ..."
2. Fayûm Towns and Their Papyri by David George Hogarth, Joseph Grafton Milne, Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt (1900)
"I. But the name of no known tax is a suitable substitute; and the amount paid,
7 drachmae, is identical with that of three of the payments for ..."
3. A History of Egypt Under Roman Rule by Joseph Grafton Milne (1898)
"A stele found at Koptos(344) gives the rates charged there on passengers and
equipages, which were as follows: steersmen from the Red Sea, ten drachmae; ..."
4. Graeco-Roman Memoirs by Egypt Exploration Society (1899)
"If, therefore, the 692 silver drachmae were an integral part of the price and
not the equivalent in silver of the sum expressed in copper, the treasury ..."
5. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"... if only an antiquated expression for 40 drachmae. Nevertheless, Buhl thinks
this passage untrustworthy. ..."
6. Solon the Athenian by Ivan Mortimer Linforth (1919)
"Does this imply that drachmae were reduced in weight or that the mina was increased
... We may, therefore, draw up the following table: 73 old drachmae = 1 ..."
7. The Hibeh Papyri by Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Arthur Surridge Hunt, Eric Gardner Turner (1906)
"7 pr . . . , total 28 webs, 326 drachmae 4 obols, for 7 buo . ... 56 drachmae,
total 42 webs 448 drachmae, and for agio 14 drachmae, total 462 drachmae; ..."
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