]In classical times, a unit of length, in concept the distance between the
tips of the fingers of the outstretched arms (like a fathom), = 6 pous. 
Also romanized as orgyia.
| Attic | 1.77 meters |
| Olympic | 1.92 m |
| Pergamene | 1.98 m |
| Aeginetan | 2.00 m |
In English translations of the New Testament (Acts 27:28), orguia is translated “fathom.”
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