Five talents
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five talents
in the texts
Against Boeotus II
Debt owed by Pamphilus to the public treasury.
To begin with, Pamphilus, the father of this man’s mother, died owing five talents to the public treasury, and so far from there being any surplus proceeds for his children after his property had been scheduled and confiscated, even his indebtedness has not been paid in full, but to this day Pamphilus stands inscribed as a debtor to the treasury.
Concerning the Team of Horses
The sum of money at stake in Teisias's suit against the speaker, though the speaker insists the real issue is his citizenship.
And after having already suffered so many misfortunes and having twice lost my property, I am now the defendant in an action involving five talents.