See under "talent."[1] 100 drachmas make one m(i)na.[2]
A drachma [is] a weight of currency equal to 10 drachmas of silver.
A drachma [is] six obols.[3]
And
Aristophanes [writes]: "spend three drachmas for me [to buy] a piglet." [This is said] in reference to those who are about to die or to be initiated [sc. into the Mysteries]; since the initiates used to sacrifice a small pig. The initiates were considered to be enrolling among the pious.[4]
And [there is] a proverb: "for a drachma he plays the pipes, but for four he stops." See under "Arabian messenger."[5]
*draxmh/: zh/tei e)n tw=| ta/lanta. ai( r# draxmai\ poiou=si mi/an mna=n. *draxmh\ de\ o(lkh\ nomi/smatos ei)s a)rguri/ou draxma\s i#. *draxmh/, e(\c o)bolw=n. kai\ *)aristofa/nhs: ei)s xoiri/dion da/neiso/n moi trei=s draxma/s. e)pi\ tw=n mello/ntwn a)poqnh/skein h)\ muei=sqai: e)pei\ oi( muou/menoi xoi=ron e)/quon. e)do/koun de\ oi( muou/menoi e)s tou\s eu)sebei=s ta/ttesqai. kai\ paroimi/a: draxmh=s me\n au)lei=, tetta/rwn de\ pau/etai: zh/tei e)n tw=| *)ara/bios a)/ggelos.
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