Herodotus, The Histories, book 2, chapter 168

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γέρεα δέ σφι ἦν τάδε ἐξαραιρημένα μούνοισι Αἰγυπτίων πάρεξ τῶν ἱρέων, ἄρουραι ἐξαίρετοι δυώδεκα ἑκάστῳ ἀτελέες. ἡ δὲ ἄρουρα ἑκατὸν πηχέων ἐστὶ Αἰγυπτίων πάντῃ, ὁ δὲ Αἰγύπτιος πῆχυς τυγχάνει ἴσος ἐὼν τῷ Σαμίῳ. [2] ταῦτα μὲν δὴ τοῖσι ἅπασι ἦν ἐξαραιρημένα, τάδε δὲ ἐν περιτροπῇ ἐκαρποῦντο καὶ οὐδαμὰ ὡυτοί. Καλασιρίων χίλιοι καὶ Ἑρμοτυβίων ἐδορυφόρεον ἐνιαυτὸν ἕκαστοι τὸν βασιλέα: τούτοισι ὦν τάδε πάρεξ τῶν ἀρουρέων ἄλλα ἐδίδοτο ἐπ᾽ ἡμέρῃ ἑκάστῃ, ὀπτοῦ σίτου σταθμὸς πέντε μνέαι ἑκάστῳ, κρεῶν βοέων δύο μνέαι, οἴνου τέσσερες ἀρυστῆρες. ταῦτα τοῖσι αἰεὶ δορυφορέουσι ἐδίδοτο.

Herodotus, with an English translation by A. D. Godley. Cambridge. Harvard University Press. 1920.

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Cross-references to this page (4):
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), MENSU´RA
- A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890), ZYTHUM
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), AEGYPTUS
- Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), THMUIS
Cross-references in general dictionaries to this page (14):
- LSJ, ἄρουρα
- LSJ, ἀρυστήρ
- LSJ, ἀτελής
- LSJ, δορυ^φορ-έω
- LSJ, ἐξαιρ-έω
- LSJ, γέρα^ς
- LSJ, καρπόω
- LSJ, μνᾶ
- LSJ, οὐδα^μ-ά
- LSJ, πάντῃ
- LSJ, περιτροπ-έω
- LSJ, πῆχυς
- LSJ, σῖτος
- LSJ, σταθμός

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