# Μηχανικά 26.1

Aristotle, Μηχανικά, Chapter 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/aristotle/text-10/26.1

Διὰ τί χαλεπώτερον τὰ μακρὰ ξύλαἀπ’ ἄκρου φέρειν ἐπὶ τῷ ὥμῳ ἢ κατὰ τὸ μέσον, ἴσου τοῦ βάρους ὄντος; Πότερον ὅτι σαλευομένου τοῦ ξύλου τὸ ἄκρον κωλύει φέρειν, μᾶλλον ἀντισπῶν τῇ σαλεύσει τὴν φοράν; Ἣ κἂν μηθὲν κάμπτηται μηδ’ ἔχῃ πολὺ μῆκος, ὅμως χαλεπώτερον φέρειν ἀπ’ ἄκρου; ἀλλ’ ὅτι καὶ ῥᾷον αἴρεται ἀπ’ ἄκρου ἢ ἐκ μέσου, διὰ τὸ αὐτὸ καὶ φέρειν οὕτω ῥᾴδιον.

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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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