Translation for 'obolus' from English to French

obolus

obole {f}fin.hist.

• In addition, there are two specimens of the marine brachiopod "Obolus lamborni" and a poorly preserved trilobite head attached to the slab.
• The denar remained the leading denomination in the country for the next three centuries, alongside the Obolus.
• Among the finds was a silver quarter-drachmae with depicting Alexander the Great and a golden Charon's penny (Charons Obolus), in which the name "Epigenis" was engraved.
• In Greek mythology the ferryman, Charon, charged the dead a river toll of one obolus for transporting them over the Acheron (also called the Lethe or Styx) so that they were able to enter the Underworld or Hades.
• The ferryman of that river, Kharon, required a coin from the deceased as an obolus.

• The obol or obolus was also a measurement of Greek, Roman, and apothecaries' weight.
• His odyssey, which can be interpreted as either a search for meaning or a long goodbye, ends on Lake Zürich: the references to Greek mythology (Charon, Obolus, and Hades) suggest the narrator's suicide in the middle of the lake.