Here are some interesting currency conversions from The Iliad:

• 1 horse > 1 tripod (to hang a cauldron over a fire)
• 1 tripod = 12 oxen
• 1 cauldron = 4 oxen
• 1 woman skilled at weaving = 4 oxen
• 2 bars gold < 1 cauldron
• 1 ox = 1 ox