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Headword: Δαρεικούς
Adler number: delta,73
Translated headword: Darics
Vetting Status: low
Translation:
Darics are gold staters; each of them had the value of what the Athenians call a "gold." They were named not after Darius the father of Xerxes[1] but after some other more ancient [Persian] king [of that name]. Some say that the daric is worth 20 silver drachmas, just as 5 darics are worth a mna of silver.
Greek Original:
Δαρεικούς: εἰσὶ μὲν χρυσοῖ στατῆρες οἱ δαρεικοί: ἠδύνατο δὲ ἕκαστος αὐτῶν ὅπερ καὶ ὁ παρὰ τοῖς Ἀττικοῖς ὀνομαζόμενος χρυσός. οὐκ ἀπὸ Δαρείου τοῦ Ξέρξου πατρός, ἀλλ' ἀφ' ἑτέρου τινὸς παλαιτέρου βασιλέως ὠνομάσθησαν. λέγουσι δέ τινες δύνασθαι τὸν δαρεικὸν δραγμὰς ἀργυρίου κ#, ὡς τοὺς ε# δαρεικοὺς δύνασθαι μνᾶν ἀργυρίου.
Notes:
From Harpocration s.v. dareikos (commenting on Lysias 12.11). Cf. already delta 72.
[1] Reigned 522-486 BC.
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; economics; history; rhetoric
Translated by: James L. P. Butrica † on 25 February 2000@13:41:03.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (supplied headword; added notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 25 March 2001@09:21:31.
David Whitehead (expanded note; added a keyword) on 10 September 2003@08:35:05.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 10 November 2005@10:42:11.
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