Pygon

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The pygon was a measure of length and space from ancient times .

It is considered a Greek measure. Its size was determined by a measurement on the human body and should correspond to the length measured from the elbow to the first phalanx of the little finger . The measure should be 20 fingers wide, i.e. two fingers more than the measure Pygme has. However, this dimension is always questioned and 18 14/37 fingers correspond more precisely. The pygon was the little Greek cubit . That should have been 1 foot and 2.79 inches according to Swiss measurements. According to other literature, the measure is determined as a great Greek foot and was 11 Paris inches and 10.88 Paris lines . He is said to have measured 1 ¼ feet

As a spatial measure, its size was about 1686 Parisian cubic inches .

See also

Web links

Pygon on sizes.com.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ JM Dold: Ratio of the coins, dimensions, etc. Weights of all countries to the new Swiss. J. Weilenmann, Uster 1853, p. 40.
  2. ↑ Gottfried Grosse: Metrological tables on the ancient dimensions of Rome and Greece. Schulbuchverlag, Braunschweig 1792, p. 9.
  3. ^ Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler: Johann Samuel Traugott Gehler's physical dictionary. Volume 20, EB Schwickert, Leipzig 1845, p. 481.
  4. ↑ a b Xénophon, Robin Waterfield, Tim Rood: The expedition of Cyrus. translated by Robin Waterfield. Oxford University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-19-282430-9 , p. 194.
  5. ↑ Gottfried Grosse: Metrological tables on the ancient dimensions of Rome and Greece. Schulbuchverlag, Braunschweig 1792, p. 84.