Explicit expressions for inverse of Young's modulus ( ) E n , inverse of shear modulus ( ) G , n m , and Poisson's ratio ( ) ν , n m for cubic media are considered. All these characteristics of elastic media depend on components 11 S , 12 S and 44 S of the compliance tensor S , and on direction cosines of mutually perpendicular vectors n and m with fourfold symmetry axes. These characteristics are studied for all mechanically stable cubic materials for vectors n belonging to the irreducible body angle subtended by three cubic high symmetry directions