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  "headword": "τάλαντον",
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          "definition": "<i>balance,</i> Ζεὺς . . τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως Thgn. 157; ζυγὸν ταλάντου A. Supp. 823 (lyr.); ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται Ar. Ra. 797: in this sense used by Hom. only in pl., <i>pair of scales,</i> ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή . . , ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα Il. 12.433; esp. of the <i>scales</i> in which Zeus weighed the fortunes of men, χρύσεια πατὴρ ἐτίταινε τ. 8.69, 22.209; γνῶ γὰρ Διὸς ἱρὰ τ. 16.658; ἐπὴν κλίνῃσι τ. Ζεύς, i.e. when he decides the issue of battle, 19.223; τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ A. Pers. 346; of the <i>scales</i> of justice, δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα h.Merc. 324, cf. AP 6.267.4 ( Diotim.): so in sg., δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον B. 17.25.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "Ζεὺς . . τὸ τ. ἐπιρρέπει ἄλλοτε ἄλλως",
                "ref": "Thgn. 157",
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            },
            {
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ζυγὸν ταλάντου",
                "ref": "A. Supp. 823",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:823"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-135716",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ταλάντῳ μουσικὴ σταθμήσεται",
                "ref": "Ar. Ra. 797",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg009.perseus-grc2:797"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-135717",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ἔχον ὥς τε τάλαντα γυνή . . , ἥ τε σταθμὸν ἔχουσα καὶ εἴριον ἀμφὶς ἀνέλκει ἰσάζουσα",
                "ref": "Il. 12.433",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:12.433"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-135718",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τ. βρίσας οὐκ ἰσορρόπῳ τύχῃ",
                "ref": "A. Pers. 346",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg002.perseus-grc2:346"
              }
            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-135719",
              "data": {
                "quote": "δίκης κατέκειτο τάλαντα",
                "ref": "h.Merc. 324",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg004.perseus-grc2:324"
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            },
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-135720",
              "data": {
                "quote": "δίκας ῥέπει τάλαντον",
                "ref": "B. 17.25",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0199.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.25"
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            }
          ],
          "children": [
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                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>tax paid for the use of the public scales,</i> SIG 4.7 ( Cyzicus, vi B.C.).",
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            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>anything weighed,</i>",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "<i>a definite weight, talent,</i> in Hom. always of gold, δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα Il. 9.122; δύω χρ. τ. 18.507; δέκα πάντα τ. ten in all, 19.247, 24.232; χρυσοῦ . . εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τ. Od. 9.202; χρυσοῖο τάλαντον . . τιμήεντος 8.393: from the order of the prizes in Il. 23.262 sq. and other passages its weight was probably not great, cf. Arist. Fr. 164.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δέκα χρυσοῖς τάλαντα",
                        "ref": "Il. 9.122",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "χρυσοῖο τάλαντον . . τιμήεντος",
                        "ref": "8.393",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.393"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "Hom. writers, the τάλαντον was both a <i>commercial weight</i> (differing in different systems), and also the <i>sum of money</i> represented by the corresponding weight of gold or silver; τοῖσι μὲν (of the subjects of Darius) ἀργύριον ἀπαγινέουσι εἴρητο Βαβυλώνιον σταθμὸν τ. ἀπαγινέειν, τοῖσι δὲ χρυσίον ἀπαγινέουσι Εὐβοϊκόν· τὸ δὲ Βαβυλώνιον τ. δύναται Εὐβοΐδας ( ὀκτὼ καὶ add. Reiz) ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας Hdt. 3.89; τ. Ἀττικόν, Αἰγιναῖον, etc., Poll. 9.86; ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας Arist. Ath. 10.2.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἑβδομήκοντα μνέας",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 3.89",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.89"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-135724",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐποίησε [ὁ Σόλων] σταθμὰ πρὸς τὸ νόμισμα τρεῖς καὶ ἑξήκοντα μνᾶς τὸ τ. ἀγούσας",
                        "ref": "Arist. Ath. 10.2",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc2:10.2"
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                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "τ. ἀργυρίου Hdt. 7.28, cf. X. HG 3.5.1, etc.; χίλια τ. νομίσματος Aeschin. 2.174; μνᾶ ἀπὸ τοῦ τ. IG 1(2).220.7, cf. 92.37, al.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τ. ἀργυρίου",
                            "ref": "Hdt. 7.28",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:7.28"
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "χίλια τ. νομίσματος",
                            "ref": "Aeschin. 2.174",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc2:174"
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                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "τὸ τ. τὸ ἐμπορικόν ib. 2(2).1013.35; used in weighing lead, ib. 1(2).374.287, 4(2)(1).103.131 ( Epid., iv B.C.), PMich.Zen. 9.4 (iii B.C.); iron, PCair.Zen. 144.6 (iii B.C.), CPHerm. p.77 (iii A.D.); cloth, PMich.Zen. 120.8 (iii B.C.), etc.",
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  "key": "ta^/lanton",
  "type": "main"
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