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Definition of Plethron

Plethron
Plethron Pleth"ron, Plethrum Pleth"rum, n.; pl. Plethra. [NL., fr. Gr. ?.] (Gr. Antiq.) A long measure of 100 Greek, or 101 English, feet; also, a square measure of 10,000 Greek feet.

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- Plethron (Gr****: πλέθρον, plural plethra) is an ancient unit of Gr**** measurement equal to 97 to 100 Gr**** feet (ποῦς, pous; c. 30 centimeters),[better source needed]...
- metres or approximately ¼ acre. The ancient Gr**** equivalent was the square plethron, which served as the Gr****s' form of the acre. It was originally defined...
- one wrestler was crowned the victor. The wrestling area was one square plethron or stremma. This event was also part of the pentathlon. Wrestling was regarded...
- was equivalent to the Gr**** plethron, about 30 meters or 100 feet. This was based on Pliny translating Aristotle's "plethron" to "jugerum". The uncial division...
- Retrieved 19 April 2021. S****lis, Tasos; "Rebetiki anthologia"; Athens: Plethron; 1981:4, pp. 179–180. Petropoulos, Ilias; Rebetika tragoudia, 2nd ed.;...
- Damianakos Stathis, Κοινωνιολογία του Ρεμπέτικου 2nd Edition. Athens, Plethron, 2001. Gauntlett Stathis, Rebetika, Carmina Graeciae Recentoris. Athens...
- sideways, forward, or backward, by orienting the tail accordingly, up to a 1 plethron distance range, and these stings regenerated afterwards. Only the elephant...
- subdivisions whose lengths varied by place and over time. 100 podes made up one plethron, 600 podes made up a stade (the Gr**** furlong) and 5000 made up a milion...
- podes 158.3 m2 (1,704 sq ft) a sixth of a plethron aroura ἄρουρα 2,500 podes 237.5 m2 (2,556 sq ft) field plethron πλέθρον 10,000 podes 950 m2 (10,200 sq ft)...
- [The mountainous settlements of Northern Pindos. Long term echoes], publ. Plethron, Athens 1995. Salmon, T. (2006), The Mountains of Greece: The Pindos Mountains...