# Opticorum recensio Theonis ιθ΄.

Euclid, Opticorum recensio Theonis, ιθ΄.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euclid/opticorum-recensio-theonis/%CE%B9%CE%B8%CE%84.

Μὴ ὄντος ἡλίου τὸ δοθὲν ὕψος γνῶναι, ἡλίκο ἐστίν. ἔστω γάρ, ὃ δεῖ ἐπιγνῶναι ὕψος, πηλίκον ἐστίν τὸ ΒΓ, καὶ κείσθω κάτοπτρον τὸ ΚΑ, ὄμμα δὲ ἕστο τὸ ∠, καὶ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ προσπιπτέτω ἀκτὶς ἡ ∠Θ καὶ ἀνακεκλάσθω ὡς ἡ ΘΒ ἐπὶ τὸ Β πέρας, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ∠ ὄμματος κάθετος ἡ ∠ Ζ. οὐκοῦν ἴσαι εἰσὶν αἱ πρὸς τῷ Θ γωνίαι ἀλλήλαις· τοῦτο γὰρ δείκνυται ἐν τοῖς Κατοπτρικοῖς. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡ πρὸς τῷ Γ τῇ πρὸς τῷ Ζ ἴση ἐστίν· ὀρθὴ γάρ ἐστιν ἐκατέρα αὐτῶν. λοιπὴ ἄρα ἡ πρὸς τῷ Β λοιπῇ τῇ πρὸς τῷ ∠ ἴση ἐστίν. ὥστ ὅμοιον ἂν εἴη τὸ ΒΓΘ τρίγωνον τῷ ∠ΖΘ τριγώνῳ ἔστιν ἄρα, ὡς ἡ ΘΓ πρὸς Γ Β, οὕτως ἡ ΘΖ πρὸς Ζ∠ τῆς δὲ ΘΖ πρὸς Ζ ∠ λόγος δοθείς ἐστιν· καὶ τῆς ΘΓ ἄρα πρὸς ΓΒ γνώριμος ὁ λόγος ἐστίν. γνώριμος δ. ἡ ΘΓ γνώριμον ἄρα καὶ τὸ ΓΒ ὕψος.

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Euclid, Opticorum 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1799.tlg010.local001/.