# De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae ι΄.

Aristarchus of Samos, De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae, ι΄.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristarchus-of-samos/de-magnitudinibus-et-distantiis-solis-et-lunae/%CE%B9%CE%84.

Ὁ ἥλιος πρὸς τὴν σελήνην μείζονα μὲν λόγον ἔχει ἢ ὃν τὰ εωλβ πρὸς α, ἐλάσσονα δὲ ἢ ὃν τὰ πρὸς α. Εστω ἡ μὲν τοῦ ἡλίου διάμετρος ἡ Α, ἡ δὲ τῆς σελήνης ἡ Β. ἡ Α ἄρα πρὸς τὴν Β μείζονα λόγον ἔχει ἡ ὃν τὰ ιη πρὸς α, ἐλάσσονα δὲ ἢ ὃν τὰ κ πρὸς α. καὶ ἐπειδὴ ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς Α κύβος πρὸς τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς Β κύβον γ λόγον ἔχει ἤπερ ἡ πρὸς τὴν Β, ἔχει δὲ καὶ ἡ περὶ διάμετρον τὴν Α σφαῖρα πρὸς τὴν περὶ διάμετρον τὴν Β σφαῖραν γ λόγον ἤπερ ἡ Α πρὸς τὴν Β, ἔστιν ἄρα, ὡς ἡ περὶ διάμετρον τὴν Α σφαῖρα πρὸς τὴν περὶ διάμετρον τὴν Β σφαῖραν, οὕτως ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς Α κύβος πρὸς τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς Β κύβον. ὁ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς Α κύβος πρὸς τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς Β κύβον μείζονα λόγον ἔχει ἢ ὃν τὰ εωλβ πρὸς α, ἐλάσσονα δὲ ὃν τὰ η πρὸς α, ἐπειδὴ ἡ Α πρὸς τὴν Β μείζονα λόγον ἔχει ἢ ὃν τὰ ιη πρὸς α, ἐλάσσονα δὲ ἢ ὃν τὰ κ πρὸς ἕν· ὅστε ὁ ἥλιος πρὸς τὴν σελήνην μείζονα λόγον ἔχει ἤπερ τὰ εωλβ πρὸς α, ἐλάσσονα δὲ ὃν τὰ η πρὸς α.

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Aristarchus of Samos, De magnitudinibus et distantiis solis et lunae, ed. Sir Thomas Heath. 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.
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