# Elementa astronomia 1.10

Geminus, Elementa astronomia, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/geminus/elementa-astronomia/1.10

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * τροπὴ δέ ἐστι θερινή, ὅταν ὁ ἥλιος ἔγγιστα τῆς οἰκήσεως ἡμῶν γενόμενος⟩ [τὸν] βορειότατον κύκλον γράψῃ καὶ μεγίστην πασῶν τῶν ἐν τῷ ἐνιαυτῷ ἡμέραν ἐπιτελέσῃ, ἐλαχίστην δὲ [τὴν] νύκτα· ἡ μέντοι γε μεγίστη ἡμέρα ἴση ἐστὶ τῇ μεγίστῃ νυκτί, καὶ ἡ ἐλαχίστη ἡμέρα ἴση ἐστὶ τῇ ἐλαχίστῃ νυκτί. ἔστι δὲ ἡ μεγίστη ἡμέρα κατὰ τὸ ἐν Ῥόδῳ κλίμα ὡρῶν ἰσημερινῶν ἰδ′ ϛ′′.

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Geminus, Elementa astronomia, ed. Charles Manitius. 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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