# Μηχανικά 23.3

Aristotle, Μηχανικά, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/text-10/23.3

Ἐνηνέχθω γὰρ τὸ μὲν Α τὴν ΑΕ, ἡ δὲ ΑΒ τὴν ΑΖ, καὶ ἔστω ἐκβεβλημένη ἡ ΖΗ παρὰ τὴν ΑΒ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Ε πεπληρώσθω, Ὄμοιον οὖν γίνεται τὸ παραπληρωθὲν τῷ ὅλῳ. Ἴση ἄρα ἡ ΑΖ τῇ ΑΕ,ὥστε τὸ Α ἐπὶ τῆς πλευρᾶς ἐνήνεκται τῆς ΑΕ. Ἡ δὲ ΑΒ τὴν ΑΖ εἴη ἂν ἐνηνεγμένη, Ἔσται ἄρα ἐπὶ τῆς διαμέτρου κατὰ τὸ Θ.

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Aristotle, Μηχανικά, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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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