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Updated: June 15, 2025
“Your slave’s ears hear the first part of your message with joy,”—Hiram’s smile never grew broader,—“the second part, which my Lord speaks in anger,—I will forget.” “Go! go!” ordered the orator, furiously. He clapped his hands. Bias reëntered. “Tell the constables I don’t need them. Here is an obol apiece for their trouble. Conduct this man out.
Pay is received for the following services. First the members of the Assembly receive a drachma for the ordinary meetings, and nine obols for the 'sovereign' meeting. Then the jurors at the law-courts receive three obols; and the members of the Council five obols. The Prytanes receive an allowance of an obol for their maintenance.
Nothing tells us that the present-day generations are not descended in the direct line from the generations contemporary with the quarryman who lost his as or his obol at this spot. All the circumstances seem to point to it: the Osmia of the quarries is an inveterate user of Snail-shells; so far as heredity is concerned, she knows nothing whatever of reeds.
It’s by the temple of Bellerophon, just as you begin to enter the city.” “Good! I don’t want to ask the way. Now catch this obol and be off.” The boy snatched the flying coin and glided into the crowd. Democrates walked briskly out of the glare of the torches, then halted to slip the hood of his cloak up about his face.
It would be indeed a cold moment when you should find a purse containing but three oboloi. 'How much is an oboloi? 'An obol is about twopence halfpenny, the Phoenix replied. 'Yes, said Jane, 'and if you find a purse I suppose it is only because some one has lost it, and you ought to take it to the policeman. 'The situation, remarked the Phoenix, 'does indeed bristle with difficulties.
Phormio the fishmonger had returned from his traffic, and sat in his house-door meditating over a pot of sour wine and watching the last light flickering on the great bulk of the mountain. He had his sorrows,—good man,—for Lampaxo his worthy wife, long of tongue, short of temper, thrifty and very watchful, was reminding him for the seventh time that he had sold a carp half an obol too cheap.
Nevertheless my good master, who was the most compassionate of men, threw them a half farthing, the last piece of money left in his breeches pocket. "They will pick up our obol," he said, "when they have come back to the consciousness of their misery. I pray they may not quarrel then over fiercely for possession of the coin."
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