# Optica α΄.

Euclid, Optica, α΄.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euclid/optica/%CE%B1%CE%84.

Οὐδὲν τῶν ὁρωμένων ἅμα ὅλον ὁρᾶται. ἔστω γὰρ ὁρώμενόν τι τὸ Α∠, ὄμμα δὲ ἔστω τὸ Β, ἀφʼ οὗ προσπιπτέτωσαν ὄψεις αἱ ΒΑ, ΒΓ ΒΚ, Β∠. οὐκοῦν, ἐπεὶ ἐν διαστήματι φέρονται αἱ προσπίπτουσαι ὄψεις, οὐκ ἂν προσπίπτοιεν συνεχεῖς πρὸς τὸ Α∠· ὥστε γένοιντο ἂν καὶ κατὰ τὸ Α∠ διαστήματα, πρὸς ἃ αἰ ὄψεις οὐ προσπεσοῦνται. οὐκ ἄρα ὀφθήσεται ὅλον ἅμα τὸ ΑΔ∠. δοκεῖ δὲ ὁρᾶσθαι ἅμα τῶν ὄψεων ταχὺ παραφερομένων.

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Euclid, Optica, 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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