Plethron

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Plethron (

better source needed] although the measures for plethra may have varied from polis to polis.[citation needed] This was roughly the width of a typical ancient Greek athletic running-track.[citation needed
]

A plethron could also be used as a unit of measured area, and reference to the unit in defining the size of a wrestling area is made by

Greek acre, and varied in size to accommodate the amount of land a team of oxen could plow in a day.[citation needed
]

The plethron continued to be used in the

paces (βῆμα, bema).[3] Ultimately, the unit came to be known as the "stremma", which continues as a metric unit in modern Greece.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Calvert, J.B. (13 May 2010). "Old Units of Length". MySite.DU.edu. University of Denver. Retrieved 3 March 2020. Original creation date, 3 July 1999.
  2. ^ Libanius, Orationes, Chapter 10.[full citation needed]
  3. ^
    JSTOR 613605. See also Schilbach, Erich (date not provided) Byzantinische Metrologie.[full citation needed
    ]

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