schoene

plural schoenes

1. alternativeAlternative form of schene.

   This distance of 1000 orgyas was taken as an itinerary unit, and called a schoene.

   1858, Giuseppe Barilli, Miranda! A book on wonders hitherto unheeded

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   The schoene appears to be about 4 Roman miles; but has certainly no connection with that mile, being a Persian measure.

   1831, Major James Rennell, A Treatise on the Comparative Geography of Western Asia

   The length of the country along shore, according to the bounds that we assign to Egypt, namely from the Plinthinetic gulf to Lake Serbonis, which extends along the base of Mount Casius, is sixty schoenes.

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