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In the Iliad (23.740–751) Achilles posted as rewards for his runners a silver krater in which to mix wine and water, a fattened ox, and a half-talent of gold (Puhvel^[1] 1988: p. 30). “Achilles’ first prize for horse racing was a woman plus tripod, followed by an untamed horse, a cauldron, two talents of gold, and a bowl (Iliad 23.262–270). The wrestling champion got a tripod valued at twelve heads of cattle, and to the loser went a woman worth a mere four (Iliad 23.702–705). Cattle were thus a form of value unit, and so were sheep, as in many other cultures,”

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↑ Jean Puhvel, “Hittite Athletics as Prefigurations of Ancient Greek Games,” in Wendy J. Raschke (ed.), The Archaeology of the Olympics (Madison, Wisconsin: 1988), pp. 26–31.

[1] Jean Puhvel, “Hittite Athletics as Prefigurations of Ancient Greek Games,” in Wendy J. Raschke (ed.), The Archaeology of the Olympics (Madison, Wisconsin: 1988), pp. 26–31.

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