mna

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noun

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Member of the National Assembly

noun

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Alternative form of mina (unit of weight).

Four thousand Athenian cleruchs were settled on lands taken from the wealthiest Chalcidians, the prisoners taken from both Chalcidians and Boeotians were later ransomed at two mnai per person, and their fetters dedicated on the Athenian acropolis (5. 77. 1–2).

On hearing of an athlete’s consumption of two mnai worth of figs and six pints of wine at one sitting he exclaims, “Apollo, Horus, Sabazius!”

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