GRECIAN MEASURES OF CAPACITY.

Column headings:

A: Approximate.[15]

G: Gallons

P: Pints.

Row labels:

H: Ἕκτος (equal to the Roman _Modius_.)

M: ΜΈΔΙΜΝΟΣ

+------------------------------------------+----+------+---------------+

| | | | A |

| II. ATTIC DRY MEASURES. | G | P +-------+-------+

| | | | G | P |

+------------------------------------------+----+------+-------+-------+

| Κοχλιάριον | ” | ·008 | ” | 1/120 |

+------+ | | | | |

| 10 | ΚΎΑΘΟΣ | ” | ·08 | ” | 1/12 |

+------+----+ | | | | |

| 15 | 1½| Ὀξύβαφον | ” | ·12 | ” | ⅛ |

+------+----+---+ | | | | |

| 60 | 6 | 4| ΚΟΤΎΛΗ or Ἡμίνα | ” | ·48 | ” | ½ |

+------+----+---+---+ | | | | |

| 120 | 12| 8| 2| ΞΈΣΤΗΣ (_Sextarius_) | ” | ·96 | ” | 1 |

+------+----+---+---+---+ | | | | |

| 240 | 24| 16| 4| 2 | ΧΟΙΝΙΞ | ” | 1·92 | ” | 2[16] |

+------+----+---+---+---+---+ | | | | |

| 960 | 96| 64| 16| 8 | 4 | Ἡμίεκτον | ” | 7·68 | 1 | ” |

+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | |

| 1920 | 192|128| 32| 16| 8 | 2 | H | 1 | 7·36 | 2 | ” |

+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+ | | | | |

|11,520|1152|768|192| 96| 48| 12| 6 | M | 11 | 4·16 | 12[17]| ” |

+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+------+----+------+-------+-------+

N.B.--Respecting the _Aeginetan_ Measures, see the Note to Table VII.

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