Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Diobŏlon

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Diobŏlon

（διώβολον). A small coin of two obols (see Drachma), which was given to each Athenian citizen during the festivals to pay for his seat in the theatre, whence the gift was called διωβελία (Xen. Hell. i. 7.2; Aristot. Pol. ii. 7.19). In Plautus the adjective diobolaris signifies anything very cheap or mean, like “tuppenny” in English.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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