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Ménage, V. L. (1973). "Review of Speros Vryonis, Jr. 'The decline of medieval Hellenism in Asia Minor and the process of islamization from the eleventh through the fifteenth century' ".
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A plethron could also be used as a unit of measured area, and reference to the unit in defining the size of a wrestling area is made by
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square, since such competitions were held within the racing track in ancient Greece. In other connotations, it functioned as the
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to polis. This was roughly the width of a typical ancient Greek athletic running-track.
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