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Plethron (‹See Tfd›Gr****: πλέθρον,
plural plethra) is an
ancient unit of Gr****
measurement equal to 97 to 100 Gr**** feet (ποῦς, pous; c. 30 centimeters)...
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surrounding region was the Pontus. In antiquity, its
mouth was
about "three
plethra" wide (ca. 300 feet), and it was navigable. The river, said by
Strabo to...
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garden was in the
shape of a square, with each side
approximately four
plethra long. The
garden was tiered, with the
uppermost gallery being 50 cubits...
- who
would redraw the boundaries. The
units of
measurement mentioned, are
plethra and stadia. ..whatever land
given by Philip, to be
cultivated by the Thracians...
- that at an
unspecified later date the
strait was
crossed by a
bridge two
plethra long (approximately 50 m (160 ft),
which is
probably an exaggeration[citation...
- by radar.
Pausanias gives this as four
stadia long and one
stade four
plethra wide
Little is
known of the
construction of Gr****
hippodromes before the...
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Course of
Achilles had a
length of 1,000
stadia and a
width between four
plethra (an
ancient Gr**** unit
smaller than stadia) and two stadia,
which would...
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described by
Strabo as
sometimes dry, and
sometimes flowing with a
stream two
plethra in breadth. It is
mentioned in the
Catalogue of
Ships of the Iliad, by...
- Near by this city was a
pyramid of stone, a
plethrum in
breadth and two
plethra in height; and upon this
pyramid were many
barbarians (****yrians) who had...
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plethrum [50 feet (15 m)] in breadth, but the
surface of the
plain was 22,000
plethra [8
miles (13 km)],
according to Herodotus. The same
writer states that...
