They drew the thick winding-sheet over her again: but Myrto slipped her hand under the stuff and placed anobol for Charon in her fingers.
He fixed the silver obol tightly in the nerveless hand; he propped up the head with a flat stone; he spread the long deep-gold hair over her body from the forehead to the knees.
Again, out of that number of six thousand--supposing each slave to being in an obol a day clear of all expenses--we get a revenue of sixty talents a year.
Sosias was to pay him a net obol a day, without charge or deduction, for every slave of the thousand, and be (12) responsible for keeping up the number perpetually at that figure.
The Prytanes receive an allowance of an obol for their maintenance.
It was Cleophon who first granted the two-obol donation for the theatrical performances, and for some time it continued to be given; but then Callicrates of Paeania ousted him by promising to add a third obol to the sum.
The great merchant would do everything for his fame-crowned nephew, and he, Hermon, was conscious that had his uncle been in his situation he would have divided his last obol with him.
Six years ago to-day it was I came to Rome, with barely an obol of ready money, to make my fortune by my wits.
He wearied her with presents of jewellery and costly dresses, though, as he quietly remarked to Agias, the gifts meant no more of sacrifice to him than an obol to a rich spendthrift.
Lysander replied, "Add an obol (5) to the sailors' pay.
An obol = one-sixth of a drachma; the Attic obol = rather more than 1 1/2 pence.
If he persuades any of you, members of the Boule, what hinders my drawing lots for the nine archons, and your taking my obol from me as being sound, and giving it to him as a cripple?
For they must sell it not more than an obol dearer.
I saw you spend your last obol to purchase the liberty of your friends at Thebes.
The girl is mine and he shall not have her while I have an obol left!
How can a man make love without an obol that he can call his own?
I tell you, every mule-driver along the way seemed to have staked his obol on him.
An Asiatic sailor clamoured at the money-changer’s stall for anotherobol in change for a Persian daric.
The obol referred to is the small coin placed between the lips of the dead to pay the toll to the ferryman of Hades.
It was one obol at first, but Cleon had raised it to three.
And beyond this I moved, that a vow be made to Diana of a thousand goats if the next day anchovies should only be worth an obol a hundred.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "obol" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
