# Catoptrica (recensio Theonis?) ιβ΄.

Euclid, Catoptrica (recensio Theonis?), ιβ΄.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euclid/catoptrica-recensio-theonis/%CE%B9%CE%B2%CE%84.

Τὰ πλάγια μήκη ἀπὸ τῶν κοίλων ἐνόπτρων, ὅσα μὲν ἐντὸς τῆς συμπτώσεως κεῖται τῶν ὄψεων, καθάπερ ἔστιν, οὕτω καὶ φαίνεται, ὅσα δʼ ἐκτός, ἀντεστραμμένα. ἔστω γὰρ μήκη μὲν πλάγια τὰ Ε∠, ΘΚ, κοῖλον δὲ ἔνοπτρον τὸ ΑΓ, ὄμμα δὲ τὸ Β, ὄψεις δὲ ἀνακλώμεναι καὶ συμπίπτουσαι κατὰ Η τὸ αἱ ΒΑ∠, ΒΓΕ, καὶ τὸ μὲν ΘΚ πλάγιον μῆκος ἔστω ἐντὸς τῆς συμπτώσεως τῆς Η, τὸ δὲ ∠Ε ἐκτός. οὐκοῦν τὰ μὲν Θ, Κ κατὰ φύσιν φαίνεται, καθάπερ ἐν τοῖς ἐπιπέδοις καὶ κυρτοῖς ἐνόπτροις, τὰ δὲ Ε, ∠ ἀντεστραμμένα· τὸ μὲν γὰρ ∠ ἐπὶ τοῦ Α φαίνεται, τὸ δὲ Ε ἐπὶ τοῦ Γ.

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Euclid, Catoptrica (recensio Theonis?), ed. Johan Ludvig Heiberg, Heinrich Menge. 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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