[265] ‘Tripodas’ 5. 110. ‘Magna talenta’ 5. 248. The writer in Dict. A. ‘Pondera’) says that the silver talent was called ‘magnum’ in comParison of the gold, which was equal only to six Attic drachmae, and that it is this small gold talent which is “perhaps connected with the small talent which is the only one that occurs in Homer.” In that case Virg. must be charged either with ignorance or with great exaggeration. Two talents of gold are among the prizes at the games Il. 23. 269. For the asyndeton following the conjunction comp. 8. 132.
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