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\v~=\w Many|strong="G2425"\w* \w of|strong="G1799"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w practiced|strong="G4238"\w* magical arts brought \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w books|strong="G0976"\w* \w together|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w* \w them|strong="G0846"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w sight|strong="G1799"\w* \w of|strong="G1799"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G0846"\w* \w counted|strong="G4860"\w* \w their|strong="G0846"\w* \w price|strong="G5092"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w it|strong="G0846"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* fifty \w thousand|strong="G3461"\w* \w pieces|strong="G0694"\w* \w of|strong="G1799"\w* \w silver|strong="G0694"\w*.\f + \fr 19:19  \ft The 50,000 pieces of silver here probably referred to 50,000 drachmas. If so, the value of the burned books was equivalent to about 160 man-years of wages for agricultural laborers\f* 
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