S2_Coinage + Death + Calendar

• Obol (6 obols to 1 Drachma)
• Chalkos (silver, 6 Chalkos to 1 Drachma)
• Drachma (a day's wages, 100 drachmas to 1 Mina)
• Mina (60 Minas to 1 Talent)
• Talent (60 Minas to 1 Talent)
• Obol -> Chalkos -> Drachma -> Mina ->Talent
• 3 handfuls of dirt is a burial
• a coin (obol) is placed on the dead's mouth as passage into the underworld
• stelai: engraved stone slabs used to mark and identify graves of the dead (starting in the Bronze Age)
• Hekatombalon: July/August (SUMMER)
• Metageitnion: August/September (SUMMER)
• Boedromion: September/October (SUMMER)
• Pyanepsion: October/November (FALL)
• Maimakterion: November/December (FALL)
• Poseideon: December/January (FALL)
• Gamelion: January/February (WINTER)
• Anthesterion: February/March (WINTER)
• Elaphebolion: March/April (WINTER)
• Mounichion: April/May (SPRING)
• Thargelion: May/June (SPRING)
• Skirophorion: June/July (SPRING)
• Spring went from April/May - June/July
• Winter went from January/February - March/April
• Fall went from October/November - December/January
• Summer went from July/August - September/October