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grbs-15311	Paradeisopoulos, Iordanis K.	Analogies between Xenophon’s Parasang and Hamilton’s Post-hour	2015	38	.pdf	application/pdf	13170	588	72	Hamilton’s statement shows, first, that the post- horses were employed in walking, not galloping;15 and second, that the post-hour equaled one hour’s walking distance, i.e. it equaled the Persian farsang, and possibly the parasang.16 In the same paragraph, Hamilton provides his estimate for the dis- tance: post-hours “may on an average be considered as equal to ___ man official in charge of the journey], at the moderate price of one piastre, or about twopence halfpenny per hour for each of our nine horses.” Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies 55 (2015) 353–390 Table 3: Analogies for alternative ‘lengths’ of the parasang From the 192 segments of Hamilton’s journeys (ca. 7800 km), segments in which the absolute difference between parasangs and post-hours is Alternative ‘lengths’ (in km) of the parasang used in comparisons with Hamilton’s post-hour less than 1 between 1 and 2 more than 2 4.9 78 69 45 5.0 (Boucher) 97 61 34 5.1 94 65 33 5.2 106 55 31 5.322 (30 Attic stadia) 114 49 29 5.4 122 43 27 5.5 124 44 24 5.6 128 40 24 5.7 128 42 22 5.768 (30 Olympic stadia)	cache/grbs-15311.pdf	txt/grbs-15311.txt