obol

(It derives from "obol," an ancient Greek coin, and the "obo" part also echoes the phrase "or best offer.")

As Tech Heats Up, 2007

They would knife a man over a copper obol, and would share with him the last of their water.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

They would knife a man over a copper obol, and would share with him the last of their water.

Paul Kearney - The Ten Thousand (Book Review) 2008

They would knife a man over a copper obol, and would share with him the last of their water.

"The Ten Thousand" by Paul Kearney Paul 2008

On their arrival Archidemus, the leader of the democracy at that date, who had charge of the two obol fund,48 inflicted a fine on

Hellenica 2007

Sosias was to pay him a net obol a day, without charge or deduction, for every slave of the thousand, and be53 responsible for keeping up the number perpetually at that figure.

Ways and Means 2007

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.

Ways and Means 2007

And let him who, having already received the work in exchange, does not pay the price in the time agreed, pay double the price; and if a year has elapsed, although interest is not to be taken on loans, yet for every drachma which he owes to the contractor let him pay a monthly interest of an obol.

Laws 2006

Originally intended to be a microcosm of the citizen body, juries by Socrates 'time were manned by elderly, disabled, and poor volunteers who needed the meager three-obol pay.

Socrates Nails, Debra 2005

I dug in the hem of my cloak and found an obol to pay a disheveled water boy to go to Sophocles 'home and request that he meet me back at the theatre on an urgent matter.

Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine 2004