TABLE V.
GRECIAN MEASURES OF SURFACE.

Ordinary Land Measures. Perches. Square Feet.
ΠΟΥΣ (Square Foot) 1·0226
36 Ἑξαπόδης 36·81456
100 27/9 Ἄκαινα (Square of the καλαμος) 102·26266
833⅓ 234/27 8⅓ Ἡμίεκτος 3 35·439
1666⅔ 468/27 16⅔ 2 Ἕκτος 6 70·877
2500 694/9 25 3 Ἄρουρα 9 106·318
10,000 2777/9 100 12 6 4 ΠΛΈΘΡΟΝ 37 153·02[7]

[7] This differs from a rood, or a quarter of an acre, by little more than 2 perches; for the rood contains 40 perches.