History of Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. Abbott Jacob
will be sufficiently accurate for the general reader of history to consider the Greek tale
1
See Map of the Delta of the Nile, page 29; also the View of Alexandria, page 162.
2
See map; frontispiece.
3
It will be sufficiently accurate for the general reader of history to consider the Greek talent, referred to in such transactions as these, as equal in English money to two hundred and fifty pounds, in American to a thousand dollars. It is curious to observe that, large as the total was that was paid for the liberation of these slaves, the amount paid for each individual was, after all, only a sum equal to about five dollars.