obol
/ˈɑbəl/
noun
- A small silver or bronze coin used in ancient Greece, worth one-sixth of a drachma.
- The ferryman Charon was said to accept an obol as payment to cross the river Styx.
- Archaeologists found a hoard of obols buried near the temple.
- In ancient Athens, an obol could buy a simple meal.
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