Schoinos
Schoinos or Schoenus (Greek σχοῖνος = rush and everything that is woven from it, such as rope ) is:
ancient places:
- an ancient city in Boiotien , see Schoinos (Boiotien)
- a place in Arcadia , see Schoinos (Arcadia)
antique units of measurement:
- a Herakleiian square measure (1 Schoenus = 1 Roman actus quadratus )
- an Egyptian measure of length, see Iteru
- a Parthian measure of length (1 Schoinos = 60 stages = about 11 km)
See also:
