obol

How to use obol in a sentence

• Then they were called obol, a word of obscure etymology, or inia, which signifies sticking up or standing erect.

  The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony | Washington Matthews

• The obol referred to is the small coin placed between the lips of the dead to pay the toll to the ferryman of Hades.

  Love, Worship and Death | Rennell Rodd

• Thy aim was lettuces; they are worth an obol, they are not worth a talent.

  The Teaching of Epictetus | Epictetus

• Six years ago to-day it was I came to Rome, with barely an obol of ready money, to make my fortune by my wits.

  A Friend of Caesar | William Stearns Davis

• Shall the favourite of the gods—shall the guest of Hypatia—earn his breakfast, while I have an obol to share with him?

  Hypatia | Charles Kingsley