![]() ![]() Popular Greek coins: silver didrachma (2 drachmas) equal to a gold Persian daric.Currency units: talant - 100 minas, mina - 60 drachmas.Talant: a measure of weight approximately 26 kilograms / 57.32 pounds.condilos (equal to two dactyls - fingers): approximately 4 centimeters / 1.57 inches.epydama (equal to three palystas): 23 centimeters / 9 inches.palysta (palm): approximately 7 centimeters / 2.75 inches.Egyptian skhen (equal to Persian parsang): 30 stadiums, approximately 5 kilometers / 3.1 miles.One must multiply the number of Olympiads by 4, add the number of years of the current Olympiad minus one, and subtract the obtained number from 776, if the event occurs in the fall or winter, and from 775 if it occurs in spring or summer.Ģ. Metageytnion (August - first half of September)ģ. Boedromion (September - first half of October)Ĥ. Puanepsion (October - first half of November)ĥ. Maymakterion (November - first half of December)Ħ. Posideon (December - first half of January)ħ. Gamelion (January - first half of February)Ĩ. Antesterion (February - first half of March)ĩ. Elafebolion (Mart - second half of April)ġ0. Munikhion (April - first half of May)ġ2. Skyrophorion (June - first half of July) To convert the Olympic calendar to ours, one must remember that each Greek year corresponds to the second half of the same year in our system and the first half of the following year. C.) with four years per each: the first year of the 75th Olympiad is 480 B. The Olympic calendar begins from the first Olympiad (776 B. Hellenic New Year occurs during the first full moon after the summer solstice, during the first ten days of July. The exceptions are, for the most part, of artificial origin - they appear in Latinized words: goplit (from goplitos), Alexander (Alexandros), Menedem (Menedemos), Nearch (Nearchus), where Greek endings were removed. In two syllable words and names, the emphasis is on the first syllable: Thais, Eris. All ancient Greek words and names, with a few exceptions, should be pronounced with an emphasis on a one-before-last syllable. To all incredible women in my life who represent the living proof that our era can produce strong female characters.Ĭhapter Five. To my Mom for introducing me to this book. ![]() Illustrations by Halina Boyko and Igor Shalito. ![]()
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