[112] Perfusae, dyed or saturated. “Omne genus perfusa coloribus in genere omni” Lucr. 2.821. ‘Talenta’ fragm. Vat., Rom., ‘talentum’ Med., Pal., Gud. The latter was restored by Wagn., but Ribbeck seems right in recalling the former, as it appears from v. 248 that the crew of each ship received a talent of silver, unless Heyne is right in supposing that a talent was divided among the crews. Hom. talks of two talents of gold. The meaning then will be that there was several talents' weight of gold and silver (comp. 10. 526, 531), the talent of course not being a coin but a weight. In 11. 333, “aurique eborisque talenta,” ‘talenta’ seems to be dual, denoting a talent's weight of each.
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