THE STORY OF THE TALENTS
1. The Alexandrian talent 33
The Medimnos 34
2. The lesser Alexandrian or Ptolemaïc talent 35
3. The Greek-Asiatic talent 36
The Metretes 37
4. Roman weights and measures of capacity 38
The new Roman pound 40
5. The Olympic talent 42
6. Greek coin-weights 43
7. The Arabic talent 44
Measures of capacity derived from Arabic linear measures 47