# Elementa astronomia 1.40

Geminus, Elementa astronomia, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/geminus/elementa-astronomia/1.40

Διὰ δὲ τὴν αὐτὴν αἰτίαν καὶ τὰ ἴσα ζῴδια ἐν ἀνίσοις χρόνοις διαπορεύεται ὁ ἥλιος. ἐὰν γὰρ ἀπὸ τῶν περάτων τῶν δωδεκατημορίων ἐπὶ τὸ κέντρον τοῦ ζῳδιακοῦ κύκλου ἐπιζεύξωμεν εὐθείας, καθάπερ ὑπογέγραπται, ἔσται ὁ μὲν τῶν ζῳδίων κύκλος εἰς ιβ′ μέρη ἴσα διῃρημένος, ὁ δὲ τοῦ ἡλίου κύκλος διὰ τὴν ἐκκεντρότητα εἰς ιβ′ μέρη ἄνισα διῃρημένος, καὶ μεγίστη μὲν περιφέρεια ἡ ὑποπεπτωκυῖα ὑπὸ τοὺς Διδύμους,

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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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