Ancient Greece

units of capacity

Liquid capacity

		metretes μετρητής
		chous χοῦς			12
xestes ξέστης				6	72
	kotyle κοτύλη		2	12	144
oxybaph ὀξύβαφον		4	8	48	576
kyathos κύαθος	1½	6	12	72	864
45 mL	67.5 mL	270 mL	540 mL	3.24 L	38.88 L

Measures smaller than the kyathos, mostly later and mostly pharmaceutical

		kyathos κύαθος
(small) concha			2
mystrum		3	4
(small) cheme	2	6	12
3.75 mL	7.5 mL	22.5 mL	45 mL

Liquid capacity after Solon’s reforms, circa 403 bce

	metretes μετρητής or amphora ἀμφορεύς or kados κάδος
			hemiamphora ἠμιαμφόριον					2
				chous χοῦς			4	8
	dikotylon δικότυλον (xestes ξέστης)					6	24	48
	kotyle κοτύλη or trublion τρυβλίον				2	12	48	96
	hemikotylion ἡμικοτύλιον			2	4	24	96	192
	oxybaphon ὀξύβαφον		2	4	8	48	192	384
	kyathos κύαθος	1½	3	6	12	72	288	576
1 range	37.7 mL	56.6 mL	113.3 mL	226.5 mL	453 mL	2.718 L	10.872 L	21.744 L
1 range	36- 38	55- 58	11- 11.5	22- 23	44- 46	2.64- 2.76	10.56- 11.04	21.12- 22.08

1. Oskar Viedebantt.
Forschungen zur Metrologie des Altertums.
Abhandlungen der Philologisch-historischen Klasse der Königl. Sächsischen Gesellschaft der Wissenschaften, vol. 34, no. 3.
Leipzig: B. G. Teubner, 1917.

Viedebantt identified Solon's dikotylon with the Egyptian hin, same as Hebrew log and with the

Dry Capacity

								medimnos μέδιμνος
							hemimedimnos			2
			hekteus ἑκτεύς or modios						3	6
					hemihekt			2	6	12
				choinix χοῖνιξ			4	8	24	48
	xestes ξέστης or dikotyle					2	8	16	48	96
	kotyle κοτύλη				2	4	16	32	96	192
		hemikotyle		2	4	8	32	64	192	384
	oxybaph ὀξύβαφον		2	4	8	16	64	128	384	768
kyathus κύαθος		1½	3	6	12	24	96	192	576	1152
Attica (1)	45.6 mL	68.4 mL	136.8 mL	273.6 mL	547.2 mL	1094.4 mL	4.34 L	8.76 L	26.27 L	52.53 L
Sparta										71

1. Friedrich Hultsch.
Griechische und Römische Metrologie. 2nd edition.
Berlin: Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, 1882.

Page 703. Some units' values calculated from others given by Hultsch.