In classical times, a unit of distance, the distance from the elbow to the
knuckles (the world literally means “fist”), = 20 daktyloi.
| Attic | 33.3 cm |
| Olympic | 36.0 cm |
| Pergamene | 37.1 cm |
| Aeginetan | 37.5 cm |
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