[1] A talent was originally intended to be the mass of water required to fill an amphora, about one cubic foot (28 L).
[4] The corresponding weights vary before and after the Athenians began to produce coins.
[8] This corresponds to 2340 work days or 11.1 grams (0.36 ozt) of silver per worker per workday.
The Attic talent, corresponding with the standard, would change throughout the time of Alexander the Great and the Hellenistic Period, subsequently diminishing its value little by little.
[9] The subsequent units would then become as follows, obol, drachma, mina, and heaviest being the talent.