# Conica κβ′.

Apollonius of Perga, Conica, κβ′.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/apollonius-of-perga/conica/%CE%BA%CE%B2%E2%80%B2.

Ἔστωσαν δὴ ὁμοίως αἱ ἀντικείμεναι καὶ αἱ ἀσύμπτωτοι, καὶ τὸ Δ σημεῖον ὁμοίως εἰλήφθω, καὶ ἡ μὲν ΓΔΘ τέμνουσα τὰς τομάς, ἡ δὲ ΔΒ παράλληλος τῇ ἑτέρᾳ τῶν ἀσυμπτώτων, καὶ ἔστω, ὡς ἡ ΓΔ πρὸς ΔΘ, ἡ ΓΗ πρὸς ΗΘ, τῇ δὲ ΔΒ ἴση ἡ ΒΚ. λέγω, ὅτι ἡ διὰ τῶν Κ, Η συμπεσεῖται ἑκατέρᾳ τῶν ἀντικειμένων, καὶ αἱ ἁπὸ τῶν συμπτώσεων ἐπὶ τὸ Δ ἐφάψονται τῶν ἀντικειμένων. ἤχθωσαν ἐφαπτόμεναι αἱ ΔΕ, ΔΖ, καὶ ἐπεζεύχθω ἡ ΕΖ καί, εἰ δυνατόν, μὴ ἐρχέσθω διὰ τῶν Κ, Η, ἀλλ’ ἤτοι διὰ τοῦ ἑτέρου ἢ δι’ οὐδετέρου [ἥξει]. εἰ μὲν διὰ τοῦ Η μόνου, οὐκ ἔσται ἡ ΔΒ τῇ ΒΚ ἴση, ἀλλ’ ἑτέρᾳ· ὅπερ ἄτοπον. εἰ δὲ διὰ μόνου τοῦ Κ, οὐκ ἔσται, ὡς ἡ ΓΔ πρὸς ΔΘ, ἡ ΓΗ πρὸς ΗΘ, ἀλλ’ ἄλλη τις πρὸς ἄλλην. εἰ δὲ δι’ οὐδετέρου τῶν Κ, Η, ἀμφότερα τὰ ἀδύνατα συμβήσεται.

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Apollonius of Perga, Conica, ed. J. L. Heiberg. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0550.tlg001.local001/.